kōwhiti rākau
Kei te whakaatu he pūtē ki te taurangi paiherea, he mōhiotanga matua o ngā mahi waho me te hiranga taketake o te hangarau ahurea o nāianei. Ko tēnei āhuatanga whakawhanaunga kōrero e pā ana ki ngā taura toitū rānei, ngā pītau, e tāpaea ki te kaiwhakaawe pai, ka tūpato i te whakapiri ki te kounga o te rākau. Kei te hanga o tēnei, ngā rerekē huringa i te āhua o te whenua, inahea nei ngā taura kaha i te uru o te rā, ngā taonga whakapiri kaha, me ngā kaiwhakaawe pai e hangaia nei i te ara o te tinana, ka taea e rātou te whakarite i ngā ao hei āhei i ngā rōpu āu me ngā rahi. Kei ngā pūtē rākau o nāianei, ko ngā momo tiaki haumaru, pērā i ngā rara paiherea e whakamutu ana i te whatiwhati, me ngā matae kaiwhakaawe paiherea e kore ai e whatiwhati. Ko te rākau whakapiri e whai ake nei, he piu e whakawātea ana i te manaaki i te rākau, ka whakarite i te rahi o te kino e tuwhera ana i te kounga o te rākau. Ka taea e ēnei pūtē te whakarite i ngā kino i waenganui i te 100 ki te 300 paoa, i te hunga āhuatanga me ngā tohutohu whakatū. Kei te whakapae atu ngā whakamahi i waenganui i te whakamahi noa iho, kei te whakaae tonu ngā pūtē ki ngā painga o te oranga hinengaro, e tū tonu ana hei take mō ngā tamariki me ngā hiahia kē, me te whakatupu i ngā momo whakangungu mō ngā tamariki me ngā tini, me te whakangungu i te mate pōhara mō ngā tāngata. Ko te whakarite o ngā pūtē rākau e taea ana ki te whakatū i ngā wāhi waho e rerekē ana, mai i ngā pā harakeke ki ngā pā motuhake, ka whakamahia hei whakapakari i ngā wāhi waho, ka mau tonu ki te whakariterite i te poroporoaki me te whakapapa i te huarahi pai.