upoko whakamātau wai
Te upoko kuhu pūwai kōhatu he mea nui tōnui i te whakahaere kuhu pūwai, e hanga ana hei whakakokiri i ngā whenua rēhita katoa ki te hiki i ngā puna wai o raro i te whenua. Ko tēnei ingoa mōhiotia e whakapakari ana i ngā kaupapa takeke me ngā momo hangarau matika hei āwhina i ngā mahi kuhu matatini. E whakaatu ana te upoko kuhu i ngā wāhanga iti nei e mahi ana i runga i te kotahi tikanga, inaianei ko ngā pū kiritaki, ngā whakamātau, me te mīhini whiringa. Kua hanga ia hei whakarite i te pai rawa o te mahi kuhu, ahakoa ngā paunga herehere me ngā wehu werawera. Kua whakauru haere ki te hanga i ngā rara moana me ngā momo hangarau matataki i te wā, hei whai wawe tonu i te pai o te mahi me te tirotiro pai i ngā momo whenua rerekē me ngā tahākura kō whatititi. Nā ngā tohu kiritaki matataki hou i roto i ngā upoko kuhu pūwai hou e whakapai ana i ngā ratonga kiritaki, ahakoa ngā pū kiritaki e iti ake ana. He mea whakarite hoki ngā reta horoi kōhatu e kite ana i te kuhu kōhatu me te whakahaere pai i te waipiro i te wā e mahi ana. Ko te nui o te whakarite o ēnei upoko kuhu e āhei ana ki te mahi pai i ngā wā kuhu poto me ngā wā kuhu roa, kia noho ai hei mea nui i ngā wā kuhu rerekē. Ahakoa he mea mō ngā pūwai whare, ngā tuhipoka hua kai, rānei ngā kaupapa wai pumau, ko te upoko kuhu pūwai kōhatu he take matua hei hanga i ngā taupori wai pai.