Nā ngā hanga kōhure whakamahana āhuarangi i hanga ngā waka kōhure matua i roto i te whenua o ngā tautoko ā-huarangi. Ki te whakamahi i ō rātou mōhiotanga hiruhiru i te hanga waka me te whakahaere pūngao kōhure, ka hanga ngā waka e hiahiatia ana hei whakamahana i ngā arai rā. Nā ēnei hanga i kitea ngā mataki pai rawa hei hanga i ngā poaka whakamahana pūngao tohorā me ngā rōpū whakawhiti pūngao whaimana, e taea ana ki te tahuri i ngā taiao mahi whakahēkenga o ngā wāhi whakataunga. Ka whakauru huihui āhua pai, pērā i ngā puaki pūnaha ā-wāhi āporo, ngā rōpū whakamutu ahi, me ngā tūtohitanga ā-tirohanga hiko, hei whakawehe i ngā taihoa i runga i te whakamahana. Ki te noho tata ki ngā whakapakari ā-ahorangi hou me ngā take ture, ka taea e ngā hanga kōhure whakamahana āhuarangi i whakaaetia he nuinga o ngā raupapa e pai ai hei whakamana i ngā hiahia kē o ngā wāhi whakataunga me ngā arai rā e rerekē ana, hei whakangungu me te whakamahi pai o te pūngao āhuarangi.