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He mea whakamahara nui te āhua o te tāwhiti kōwhatu hei whakaatu i te whai wāhi matatika o te hunga pūhanga hoko i ngā momo hangarau motuhake, ka whakaritea hei hanga i ngā pūtahi whakapāpā me te tiariari i ngā rōpū whenua rerekē. Ko tēnei rangahau pūhanga e whakakotahi ana i ngā mōhiotanga toka nei me ngā mōhiotanga hanga ki te whiwhi i ngā ratonga pai rawa, ahakoa te whakahaere i ngā pūtahi. E whakauru ana te whiuwhiu ki ngā momo tāwhiti kōwhatu rerekē, ko ngā tāwhiti koni, ngā tāwhiti kohu, me ngā tāwhiti PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact), kei ia he whiriwhiringa motuhake i runga i ngā āhuatanga o te rōpū whenua me ngā tikanga pūhanga. He mea hanga pūkenga tēnei i ngā rāhui wai whakatetonga e mahi ai i te tahutahu me te whakawehi i te tāwhiti, ā, e whakamana ana ngā tohutohu matataki ki te tuku atu i ngā raraunga tuatahi mō ngā tikanga pūhanga me ngā āhuatanga o te rōpū whenua. Ka hangaia ēnei pūtahi kia taea te whakariterite i ngā paheko me ngā wehewehe urupa, ka whakauru haere i ngā momo kiko tino whakahirahira me ngā āhuatanga hanga e whakamana ana i te roa me te mahi i ngā taiao tino patu. Ko te whaimana o ngā tāwhiti kōwhatu he mea nui ki ngā momo whakamahi rerekē, mai i te whakamōhiotia i te pī umu me te pī wai ki te pūhanga geothermal me te whakapiki kōwhatu, ka tukuna ake te mahi pai me te tiariari i waenganui i ngā āhuatanga whenua rerekē.