tohu whenua horahoratia e te hau
He whakamahinga ā-pū whenua te pūhoro ika, he tūmomo matua o te hunga pūhoro kaiwhakaaweawe, e whakawhitia ana ngā huarahi pai ki te wehi me te haere noa i runga i ngā momo pūhoro. Ko tēnei rautaki nui e mahi ana i mua i te motokā, ka whakamahi i te pūmotu rānei, i te pūngao rānei hei hanga i te kaha hiahia mo te whakaputu i te ika, i te koneti, me ētahi atu matāpuna paunga. E whakatupu ana te pūmotu o te pūhoro i te wehenga o te pūmotu ki te kaha pai o te pūhoro, tae atu ki te kaha pai tūhonohono ki te pūhoro. Nō ngā wā o nāianei, kei roto i ngā pūhoro ika ā-pū ngā whakamātau mōhiohio, pērā i ngā pūtanga kawe wehi, ngā pūtake wehi, me ngā hunga kaiwhakamahi pūngao pai. Ka tuku ngā pūhoro nei ngā tūmomo wehi ki te kawe i te wehi puta noa i te momo matāpuna. Kei raro i te hanga o enei pūhoro ngā take whakahirahira, pērā i ngā pūhoro pūngao tūpuhi, me ngā hanganga whakarite i te pūmotu. He noa te wehenga pūmotu ki a ratou, koia nei he pai noa iho i a rātou i ngā wāhi kitea rawa, kei reira he iti noa iho te pūmotu pūngao. Kei raro hoki i ngā pūhoro nei ngā take huringa hau mō te whakamahi whakatika, me ngā take tirotiro tonu hei tiaki i te kaiwhakamahi me te wharekura. Ko te wehewehenga o ngā pūhoro ika ā-pū he mea nui i te hanga i ngā mahi kōiwi, ngā mahi hanga, ngā tirotiro whenua, me ngā whakapakoko takapū.