E hia te hiko e whakamahia ana e te ahi hiko? He mea whakapaipai, he mea whakamahana hoki ngā ahi hiko. Ahakoa he iti ake te whānuitanga whakamahana o te ahi hiko me te taiao o ēnei rā i ērā o te ahi tahu rakau, hau rānei, ko te mura tūturu...
Kua rongonui te ahi hiko hei whakapaipai i te kāinga. Ka kawea mai e ia te whakamarie o ngā mura tūturu ki roto i tō whare me te haumaru, te kore tukunga, me te ngāwari o te horoi kore pungarehu. I ngā tau tata nei, kua piki haere te rongonui o ngā ahi hiko i waenga i ngā whānau,...
He mea nui ngā ahi hei wāhanga o te whare, hei tohu i te mahana me te whakamarie. I ngā marama makariri o te takurua, ka mahana te whānau, ka taea ai e ngā whanaunga te huihui me te pārekareka ki ngā wā o te takurua. Ina kōrero tātou mō ngā ahi tuku iho...