Kei roto i ngā kōrero o mua he mea nui ngā karere hohou iwi. He kōrero nui ngā kōrero o mua hei whakaatu i ngā hohou pai o ngā rā o mua. Ko ngā karaeke katoa nei, ko ngā mea pai noa iho ki te kitea, engari he take nui anō hoki i roto i aua, he take o te whakaaturanga me te toi.
He mahi toi hoki ngā karaeke kawekawe iwi hei whakauru i te hohou. He nuinga ngā āhuatanga, he nuinga ngā momo whenua, kia whakaaetia ai ki te whakauru i te mea nui nei i te ao e taea ana te tuhono. He āhuatanga tino iti āhua pai īnia, ā, he āhuatanga nui hoki āhea e whakapai ana i ngā āhuatanga pai. Ka kitea ngā tae kara kāore i te mōhio, he mōhio, he rangiora, he kākāriki, he whero, he kahurangi, he kōwhai, me te whakapai ake.
Kua noho ngā pōro huaroa i runga i ake tonu i ngā wā, i mua atu i te wā tawhito, i te wā i whakamahia ai hei kawe moana me ngā huaroa. Ko tēnei; I te tekau tau atu i te 19 ki te tīmata o te tekau tau atu i te 20, kua whai ake ngā pōro huaroa i te take whakahirahira me te aronga rangatira. Kua hanga he iti atu e ngā tohunga toi me ngā hanga kiriwhara, i te mea hoki e whai ake nei te mana.

He kōrero pai rawa te hītori o ngā pūtōki kararehe kohikohi i mua. I whakamahi ngā tūpuna, ngā ranga-tuhi me ngā tangata iti i a rātou mō ēnei rā. I te wā o Victoria, ko ngā pūtōki kararehe he pai tonu, ka taea hoki te whakapai i ngā kōkōwai ki runga i a rātou. I te wā o Art Nouveau me Art Deco, ka horahia ngā pūtōki hei whakamahere atu i ngā tikanga o taua wā, ka noho rite hoki te āhua o ngā pūtōki ki ngā whakapapa hou.

Ki te mea ko ngā pūtōki kararehe kohikohi i mua i aua rā e noho ana, ka whai mana tonu rātou i a ngā kaiwhakaako me ngā hunga whakahirahira i tēnā rā. He pai rātou, ā, ka kitea te pai o ngā pūtōki nei, arā, inā whakaaetia mai anō hoki i ngā kōrero, ka whakaingoa i a ngā tāngata ngā mea i kaingā i a rātou nāianei. Ka hiahia ētahi ki ngā pūtōki iti whai mana, ki te whakatakoto i a rātou ki roto i ō rātou kohikohi, whakauru atu he kōrero hītori e taea ai e ia rānei he kaiwhakatika i ēnei rā.

Te nga kara paeke reo o nehe he mea hangarau te hunga e whakamahia ana i te hoahoa, ko tēnā he mea nui rawa atu. Mai i te kawe tata ki te whakapā mai nui, ināianei, he kōrero tonu mō ia karere i aua rarangi ā-wae me ngā hoahoa katoa. He kaiwhakapūmau āhuatanga kowhatu īnia; kei ētahi wā ka kitea ngā āhuatanga pātahi. Ki te kore e pāngia ana i tana hoahoa, he mahi toi katoa ia karere, ā, he tohu hoki i te mātauranga me te manako o tana hangaī.
Nō te mea ka hanga ngā kara karapū o tatou i runga i ngā rauemi pai me ngā tohu hanga pai, e āta whakamārama ana ki te ao me te kīngi, e mahi ana i tō koutou raruraru ki te pai ake me te māori.