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1. Alternative position for top plate and bind instead Manuka battons 1.500 Wood bark or reeds Manuka pins Flax mat to cover door area 900 Floor level – flax mat over fern base 2.800 Pumice base 300 500 Slope to drain away roof and porch water with turfed surface Wooden ridge pole and posts sitting on large stone 150 dia Ponga NORTH 2.000 70 dia Ponga (Stip and boil flax to bind - or use polyprop bale twine) Ponga Whare plan for Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi v1 For more details see web pages and links at www.kaitiakitanga.net/projects/1-3-1%20ponga%20whare-energy.htm

2. Material list Structure 1 x ridge pole 2.800 long ( at Andy’s house) 2 x supporting Pou 1.8.000 long (to find eg old posts) 2 x big flat stone to put under pou Side walls approx 40 x ponga 1.200 long at 150 mm dia 40 x ponga 1.200 long at 75 mm dia (gap fill) 2 x ponga top plate 2.800 long at 150 mm dia Rear walls approx 20 x ponga 1.700 long at 150 mm dia 20 x ponga 1700 long at 75 mm dia (gap fill) Roof approx 60 x ponga 1500 long at 100 mm dia Totara bark, raupo or similar to thatch roof if possible (if not try plastic for temporary weatherproofing 8 x straight manuka 3 m long to hold thatch Polypropylene bailing twine or flax to tie down Manuka pegs to use instead of nails (Many) (need electric drill to drill holes for this) Note: 1. put all ponga upside down so any rain flows out not into middle 2. The whare floor (pumice) should be dug about 500 deep (soil temp) 3. Turf the ground surface so water runs away from the whare.