pūtahi whawhai i roto i te pouaka
He tā whakamahere noa te tā wai kuhu i roto i ngā mahi kuhu, e hanga ana hei whakawhiti i raro i te urupa o Papatūānuku ki te hoko wai, uku, rānei ko ngā tahua minera. Nō reira, kei runga i ēnei taputapu whakahirahira ngā maha matua, ka noho ngā whatu tungsten carbide rānei ko ngā whatu diamona, hei whakatika i ngā paihere nui me ngā paihere waipū e pā ana i ngā mahi kuhu i raro. Ko te whiuwhiu o te tā he mea whakarite i ngā whenua rerekē, mai i ngā whenua māheke ki ngā tahuhu papa nui. I te ao hou, kei roto i ngā tā wai kuhu nei ngā ratonga āhua hikoī hei tirotiro i ngā kaiwhakamahi me te whakamahi pai o ngā paihere kuhu. E ai ki ngā momo rerekē, he tā pūoro rānei he tā kiri whakatū, kia whakaritea ngā take kuhu me ngā momo whenua. Hei tā rātou, e whakarite ana ngā puipui hei whakatika i te wai kuhu ki te whakawhiti i te urupare me te whakamahi pai o te kuhu i te ara kuhu. Kei aua taputapu nei te hiahia nui ki te kuhu wai rānei ki te whakauru taonga, ka taea te whiti i ngā paihere mano tuatahi, ahakoa te paihere me te whakapae.