Nā ngā hōtaka pūoro ā-tau ki te whakawhiti i ngā pai me ngā pai o te kaiwhakarato rākau mō te whiu, ka whakatūhia hei whakamātau i ngā hiahia ā-ipuritanga mō te whakawheko i ngā wai. Ka taea te whakatika i ngā hōtaka i runga i te rahi o te kōpū, te āhua, me te rārangi i roto hei whakarite i ngā wai katoa, ēngari e ai ki ēnei e hiahiatia ana ki te whiu i ngā momo whiu pūtaiao. Ko te rākau-pūoro ā-kaiwhakarato he whakaaetanga matua me te tautohe, ka whakaiti i te pūtake moni me te whakapakari i te take whiu me te kore haere. Ka taea te whakatika hei whakauru i ngā huarahi pērā i te kaiwhakarato pūtaiao āhuarangi hei whakapai i te whiu pūtaiao, ngā pūkainga tuatahi, ko ia ko ngā pai hokoaroaro hei whakangungu i ngā take whiu me ngā take whakautu motuhake mō ngā take pūnaha motuhake. He pai tēnei mō ngā whenua e hoki ana i ngā pūtaiao, ngā rongoā, rānei, rānei, nō reira ka noho tūpono me te whakarite i te hīkoi.