I ka hiki ʻana i nā lako māla, e ʻimi nā kānaka āpau i kekahi mau mea paʻa, paʻa, ʻano nui. ʻAʻole kēia he mea nā makemake a nā poʻe e hoʻoiho i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kēia mau hiʻohiʻona no nā mea mahi lāʻau. ʻIke mākou a ʻike āpau i nā koho o nā lako kīhāpai a me nā lako hale o loko. No nā mea hale o loko, pono nā mea waiwai pono i nā mea hale o loko o ka hale, ʻoiai no ka mea o waho, ʻaʻole hiki ke koho ʻoluʻolu ʻole i kā lākou mea kanu.
Ua nui nā kumu waiwai o nā māla māla i nā kānaka no nā makahiki he nui. He lāʻau lākou, hana i ka hao, rattan, kaila, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. I ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka lāʻau, aia kahi ʻano lāʻau e hānauʻia e hoʻonani ai i ka pāpale kumulāʻau iwi i ka lāʻau keak. ʻO Teak, ʻo Latin inoa ʻo Tectona Grandis, kahi lāʻau kūʻai lāʻau no nā māla māla no kona mau hiʻohiʻona a me nā pono.
Pono ka lāʻau ʻoak no nā ʻāina he nui akā he mau subtropikal lākou. Eia nō naʻe, ke hele mai nei ia manawa o ka hoʻoilo, aia ka pilikia i ka paʻakō ma nā māla. No ka mea i loko o nā hale a i ʻole nā hale noho i loko o ka hale i nā manawa a pau, ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia nā ukana a pono e kūʻai. Aia nā pilikia e kokoke ana i ka mālama, mālama a me nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka pale o māla lau kai ke hiki mai ka hooilo.
Aia kekahi mau ala e mālama ai i nā lako lāʻau hoʻakani i ka hoʻoilo:
- Uhi i nā mea hana me ka uhi lako kīhāpai hanu. Ma ka uhi ʻana iā lākou, a laila mālama ʻoe i ka manawa i ka hana ʻana me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka hāʻule manu, ka lepo, ka mae, a me ka limu. Pono ʻoe e ʻike pono i ka uhi i wae ʻia he lole hanu ia he mea nui ia e holo ka ea ma lalo o nā lako. ʻAʻole lawa ka holo ʻana o ka ea, hana ia i ka puʻupuʻu i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
- ʻO nā lako me nā neʻe e pono ke uhi ʻia a i ʻole e loaʻa iā lākou ka māʻea a ʻaʻole paha e wehe i ka paʻa.
- Ma luna o nā mea āpau, hiki ke waiho ʻia nā mea hoʻokaʻaka māla iʻa ma waho me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana i mea e ʻoluʻolu ai i ka nānā ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona a i ʻole nā kala hina o nā ʻāpana.