pūtahi wharepaku Ingarangi
Ko te pūtahi wharepaku o te Kīngitanga he whakaheke pai tōna hāpai i ngā āhuatanga tuku iho me ngā whakamahi a-roto o nāianei i ngā wharepaku. Nā te hunga kaiwhakatō i te hanganga porowhiriwhiri matua me te mahi tino tūpuhi, ka puta ngā āhuatanga tērā e whaihua ana i te kāinga whaiutuutu. Heoi anō, ko ngā pūtahi kēnana rahi rawa ko ngā pūtahi vitreous china e kawe ana i te toa taea noa i ngā mate kaiwhai, kei te whiu tonu ki te wā. Ko te hanganga i roto i ngā waenganui o te 1200-1300 taketake Celsius, ka puta he mata kiorekore i te kawe mai i ngā mate kōpikopiko me te waihangatia pai. E ai ki ngā āhuatanga o ngā pūtahi wharepaku o te Kīngitanga, he nuinga atu o ngā āhuatanga tawhito, tae atu ki ngā raruraru o te ao whānui. Ka whakauru hoki ngā take toi o Aotearoa ki ngā āhuatanga nei. Kei raro i ēnei pūtahi, he ara whakawehewehe mō ngā upoko wai e huri ana, me te hanga pai mō ngā take wai tūmatanui. He nuinga hoki ngā momo e kawe ana i ngā hanganga tirotiro whenua hei whakarite mo ngā kāinga tūroa o nāianei, ahakoa kei reira ētahi e kawe ana i ngā uru wai pai mō te whakamahi taimata. Ko te kaiwhai o te pūtahi he whakapai kaiwhai e taea ana te whakarere i te pai o te tau, hei whakamahia mo ngā tau e whai nei.