pū kōwhatu ringa
He tā kōwhatu ringa nui rawa te whakamahi hei whakapūmau i ngā kōwhatu me ētahi rēhita kē kei roto i ngā mahi kohatu, hanga, me te tirohanga pūtaiao whenua. He mea hira tēnei taonga matua, e hono ana te whanaketanga ki te tino tika, me he whakatupuranga ahuwhenua tohua me ngā tā kōwhatu waenga ka taea e rātau te whai i te mōkoroiti me te whakaheke i te rere. Ko te hanga tūmatanui e whakaatu nei i te upoko whakapā, te tahuhu, me te taha kiritaki, i hangaia hei whakawhiti kaha o te kōrero mai i te whakamahi ringa ki te matawhaitanga. E āhei ana enei tā kōwhatu i te whakaritorito i te roa i waenganui i te kotahi tuatahi me te waru tuatahi, ka taea hoki te whakauru i ngā momo tā kōwhatu kē ki runga i te whakamahi. E mahi ana te pūnaha kōwhatu i waenganui i te whiringa me te kaha whakapā, kei reira te kaiwhakamahi e whakawhiti ana i te whiringa me te kaha whakamuri e hia nei hei whakapūmau. Kei te noho tūponotia ngā tā kōwhatu kōwhatu o nāianei, e āhei ana ki ngā rīpeka ā-ringa me ngā paihikara whakawehe kiko hei whakangāwari i te mate kaiwhakamahi me te whakapai i te whakahau. Ka noho nui ake rātou i ngā wāhi poroiti ki runga i ngā wāhi e kore ana i te whakamahi i ngā tā kōwhatu huringa, e taea ana te whakamahi pai ki runga i te kore o ngā hunga kiko tūmomo. Ko te hanga o te rakau e āhei ana ki te whakatakoto i ngā poaka tika me te roa whakauru, e hiahia ana ki ngā whakamahi e hiahiatia ana i roto i ngā taiao whakamutunga.