He mea hangarau āhuarangi te Pūtomo Hāngai, he mea nui tōna i te whakahaere i te hīkoi pūmotu o ngā wai kua herea ki roto i ngā paipai. Ka taea e koe te whakaatu i ngā paipai hei rua whare, hei rua ara kotahi, e taea ana te wai e haere nei i roto ia hei haere mai i te marae A ki te marae B. Nā ēnei paipai ka taea ai te wai, pērā i te mānuka rānei, ki te hīkoi mōhiohia me te hīkoi iti. Ko te Pūtomo Hāngai te mea e pāngia nei i te waehanga e haere nei i te wai, ā, ko te paenga e whanake nei i te paipai. He take nui tēnei mo ngā paihikara, nā te mea he take whai hua te whakahaere i te hīkoi o ngā wai i āwhina ai i ngā motunga rerekē, pērā i ngā kāri, ngā pororua, me ēnei whenua nui rerekē rānei.
He mīhini whakahaere pūraho ngā mīhini whakahaere wai, he nginga rerekē ngā momo, inaianei he tino huarahi kei ia. He mīhini whakahōtuwheru te nuinga. Ka whakahaere i aua wāhi kia kitea ai ko te wāhi e haere ana te wai, pēnei i te mea he mea noa ki te wehe ki mua rānei ki muri rānei i ngā paipai. He momo atu anō he mīhini tohu uaua. Ka whakahaere i te uaua me te hāora o te wai; nā tēnei ka whakawātea te take katoa kia mahi. Rānei ngā mīhini porowhita e whakahaere ana i te nui o te wai i whakamahia i runga i tētahi wā. Whakamutunga atu, he mīhini whakapae e āke nei e āke nei e tuhi ana i te hāora o te wai ki te wehe noa iho.
Enei āhuatanga whakamahi mō ngā puaka i roto i ngā pūhiko. He mea nui ngā pūtomo whakanuitanga, hei tauā, ki roto i ngā poroheke e whai ake nei, nā te mea ka taea te kawe i te mata o te poroheke ki runga i te whenua. Mō ngā hīkoi huarere e hiahia ana ki te kuhu i te taumata me te tango i ngā taumata nui, ka whakarongo atu ki ngā puaka waipū hei whakahaere i te taumata nui rawa o te taumata e taea ana te whē ake. Nō te mea he pai ake ngā puaka rangitaki ki roto i ngā pūhiko whakawehi hei whakahaere i te taumata o ngā rīhi i taeake ai, i tārewa ai. E tika ana ngā puaka hapa ki ngā pūhiko e hiahia ana ki te mahi i te takirua. Nā reira, ko ngā puaka e kai tahi ana i aua wā ka taea te kawe i ngā pūhiko kia mahi i te wāhi pai rawa me te wāhi haumaru rawa, nō reira ka whakamahia e maha i ngā marae hinenga o te ao.
Pēnei i ngā mīhini katoa, ka taea hoki e ngā Pūtango Whakahaere Matū te matakaka i waenganui i ngā wā. Ka taea e koe te kite i ngā matakaka i tō pūtango whakahaere matū ki te kore e pai rawa te mahi o te mīhini. He raro atu tonu ngā take āniwaniwa e taea ana e koe te whakatika i mua i te mea koe e hiahia ana ki te hanga whakawhiti kōrero. Ki te kore te wai ki te noho i ngā paipai i runga i te mea kua noho ai, ka taea e koe te kite i te whenua e pūnaha ana i te ara. Nō reira, ki te kore te wai ki te haere iti, ka taea e koe te kite i te pūnaha o te wai kua iti nei.
Whakakoretia te pūtango matū, ā, whakauruhia he whanaketanga nui ki te whakatika i ēnei take. Kātahi anō ka taea e koe te tirotiro i a koutou ki te kite i te whai mana i ngā wāhanga katoa ki te hoki iho hei whakamana i te whakahaere pai o te pūtango matū. Me arohae koe ki te kawe korero ki te kaiwhakapūtake rangapū ki te kore e taea e koe te whakatika i ō take pūtango whakahaere matū. Ko rātou he whakangungu, he uiui, ka taea rātou te kite i te take, ā, ka taea hoki rātou te āheinga i a koe ki te whakatika i tō kōrero.
He iti ngā painga o ngā Pūtango Whakahaere Hīrau, e whai ake nei i te whakamahi i roto i ētahi atu momo whakamahi. Ko te tuhinga tuatahi ko tana tiariaranga, kei roto i te wā e taea ana e koe te whakapakari i a rātou mō te wā e hirango ana. E hīkohia ana he mea nui kē te mahi taunaki (whakamōhiotia mai ki te mea ka pai te hokinga). Nō reira, he mea whai hua haumaru hoki, ā, ka taea te whakahaere i ngā putunga me te waenganui o ngā whakahaere motuhake. Kua noho tino nui te waehere o tēnei whakatika i runga i ngā whenua e hāngai ana ki te whakawhanake me te hanga.
Tērā pea ko atu ngā painga nui o ngā Pūtango Whakahaere Hīrau, ko tana tino tohu matatika. He mea iti rawa hoki i te waihape o te wā mo ētahi atu momo pūtango whakahaere. Ka taea hoki e rātou te whakaiti moni i te wā e hirangi ana i te waihape, e ai ki reira ka noho tino oranga moni. Ka taea hoki e ngā Pūtango Whakahaere Hīrau te whakapakari i ētahi atu momo mahi, me ngā whakamahi rerekē. Kei roto anō hoki i ngā whakamahi rerekē.