pūneihana Kōwhatu
Ko te whakaruruhau pūnaha he mea matua i ngā hanganga ki te mahi kaihokohoko, te hanga, me ngā mahi whakamatakaka. Ko tēnei take nui e whakamahi ana i te hau whakaruruhau hei whakapakari i ngā pūtōrino whakamataki, kia taea te whakawehenga i ngā whenua kiko me ngā mata o te konakona. I te matua, ko te whakaruruhau pūnaha he rara moeawe e whakawai ana i te huringa hau whakaruruhau ki te kaha pai mō te pūtake whakamate. E mahi ana te pūnaha i roto i tētahi hanga mōhio, kei reira ka whakatutuki te hau whakaruruhau ki te pīsita e whakamatakitaki ana i te pūtake whakamate, e hanga ana i te kaha pai e hiahiatia ana hei whakamataki i ngā whenua kiko. Nō ngā wā o nāianei, kei ngā whakaruruhau pūnaha ā-rātū he mea hanga mōhio, pērā i ngā ringaringa paiaro, ngā rangahau herehere, me ngā tūmomo here here hau whakaruruhau e taea ana e ngā kaiwhakauru i te tino tika me te whakapakari i te pai. Ka tae haere ngā pūnaha nei ki ngā momo iti me ngā tūmomo e taea ana e ngā kaihanga iti i te wā e rua, ki ngā tūmomo nui e whakamahi ana i ngā mahi kaihokohoko rahi. Ko te tino taea rawa ake o tēnei take ko tana tirohanga ki ngā pūtake whakamate rerekē, e taea ana e ia te whakahaere i ngā whenua rerekē me ngā kaiwhakamate rerekē. He mea tirotiro tonu hoki ngā tohu haumaru, pērā i ngā pūtake pikinga ā-momoki, ngā pūnaha whakaiti kiriwhenua, me ngā hanganga whakaiti kōkiritanga, hei whakahaere i te tiaki i te kaiwhakauru me te whakamana i ngā paerewa pai. Ko te tūmanako me te tino pai o ngā whakaruruhau pūnaha he mea whaihua noa i ngā taiao e hiahiatia ana i te kaha pai mō te hanga.