He nui ngā tikanga ahurea o ngā tohu nakahi mō te tau hou, inā koa i roto i ngā tikanga tuku iho e tohu ana te nakahi i te whakaaro nui, te panonitanga, me te waimarie. I roto i ngā kōrero tuku iho Hainamana, ko te nakahi he tohu o te māramatanga me te urutau, ā, he mea rongonui mō ngā whakanuinga Tau Hou Marama. He mea hanga ki ngā tae kanapa pērā i te whero (mō te waimarie) me te koura (mō te taonga), he maha ngā taipitopito uaua o ēnei tohu nakahi pērā i ngā tauira tauine, ngā kanohi whakapaipai, ngā tohu waimarie pērā i ngā moni, i ngā rama rānei. Hei tauira, ko te nakahi nakahi e pupuri ana i te tohu "fu" (ko te tikanga he manaakitanga) e whakaatu ana i ngā tumanako mō tētahi tau angitu kei mua. Ka whakahonoretia e ēnei hoahoa ngā tikanga tuku iho onamata me te tuku i tētahi hurihanga hou, e taea ai e ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke te hono atu ki te taonga tuku iho i roto i te huarahi takaro.

Hei whakapaipai hararei, ka tāpirihia e ngā tohu nakahi mō te tau hou he āhua whakahirahira ki ngā kāinga me ngā huihuinga. Mēnā ka whakairihia ki ngā rākau Kirihimete, ka whakatakotoria ki runga i ngā papa, ka whakamahia rānei hei whakapaipai i waenganui o te tēpu, ka tere ake te whakanui i te āhua o te hakari e ō rātou kakano ngawari me te ataahua harikoa. He koha whakaaro nui hoki ēnei: ​​ka hoatu pea e ngā mātua he tohu nakahi ki tētahi tamaiti i whānau i te Tau o te Nakahi, ā, ka taea e ngā hoa te whakawhiti hei tohu waimarie. He maha ngā tohu nakahi kei roto i ngā rahi mai i ngā mekameka kī iti ki ngā momo awhi nui, e rite ana ki ngā hiahia rerekē. Tērā pea ka whakaatuhia e te whānau tētahi tohu nakahi nui ki roto i tō rātou rūma noho hei wāhi arotahi, ā, ka mau pea tētahi tohu nakahi iti i roto i tā rātou putea hei manaaki i a rātou e haereere ana.

Haunga ō rātou uara tohu, ko ngā tohu nakahi mō te tau hou he whakamaharatanga mō te harikoa me ngā tīmatanga hou. Ko ā rātou hoahoa takaro—whakaarohia ngā mata nakahi ataata, ngā unahi kanapa, ngā tū āhua rerekē rānei—ka horahia te harikoa i ngā huihuinga me ngā pāti. Mō ngā tamariki, ka hurihia e ēnei tohu ngā whakanuinga ahurea hei wheako taunekeneke, ka whakaoho i te hiahia mō ngā tikanga tuku iho, me te whakarato hoki i te hoa whakamarie. E maioha ana hoki ngā pakeke ki tō rātou āhua whakamaumahara me te whakahihiri, ka whakamahia hei whakapaipai i ngā tari, hei tāpiri rānei i te pā o te hakari ki ngā wāhi mahi. Ahakoa e whakaatuhia ana, e huna ana rānei ki tētahi kokonga whakamarie, he huarahi whakaharikoa te tohu nakahi mō te tau hou ki te manaaki i te wā me ngā ringa tuwhera me ngā ngākau tumanako.