He pakihi whakatuku pūniu tētahi wāhi hanga matua i te mahi i ngā motokā e whakarite ana hei whakawheako i ngā momo pūniu rerekē. Ko te rāhui hanga o te pakihi ka whakaputa i te hanga i ngā kōwhaiwai pūniu, te whakauru ki ngā takutai, me te whakatakoto i ngā raraunga me ngā rautaki mīhini. Ka whakamahi i ngā hunga hanga matua, pērā i te hāpai rōpu me te makitaka rorohiko, hei whakatika i te hiranga me te whakapau whenua i te hanga. Ko ngā kaiarahi paetae tonu ka tirotiro pūmau i ia atu, ko te mahi whakatō i te mutunga, hei whakamana i ngā ture haumaru me ngā ture whenua. Nā te mea hoki, ko ngā pakihi whakatuku pūniu kei a rātau te mahi rangahau me te whakangungu hei whakakaitia i ngā rarangi, hei whakapai i ngā nuinga pūniu e utu nei, me te whakapai hoki i te hiranga tuatahi me te haumaru o ō rātau motokā, hei whakamana i ngā hiahia rerekē o te kāinga whakawheako pūniu.