I roto i te umanga mīhini tākai, he maha ngā whakamahinga o ngā pūtau uta, ko te nuinga he tirotiro tauanga me te pauna pauna me te pauna kawe me te whakarōpū. Ko tētahi whakamahinga matua o ēnei pūoko ko te kimi i ngā taupatupatu taumaha, ngā wāhanga ngaro, ngā tohutohu rānei i te wā tākai. Ka tukuna he urupare ki ngā taputapu tākai hei whakarite kia tutuki ngā hua i ngā whakaritenga me ngā whakaritenga, kia pai ake ai te whakamahinga rauemi, kia pai ake ai te kounga hua whānui. Ko te hua tonu he mea tito mai i tētahi kaikawe pauna, he kaiwhakahaere me tētahi kaikawe rauemi whakauru-waho. Ko te kaikawe pauna te kawenga mō te kohikohi i te tohu taumaha me te tuku atu ki te kaiwhakahaere mō te tukatuka, ko te kaikawe whāngai te kawenga mō te whakanui ake i te tere o te hua me te waihanga i te wāhi nui i waenga i ngā taonga. Hei tāpiri, he mahi nui tā te kaikawe tukunga ki te kawe i ngā hua whakamātautau mai i te wāhi pauna me te whakakore i ngā taonga hapa. Mena kei te rapu koe i te momo pūoko pai rawa atu, whakaarohia ngā pūtau uta kotahi te pūwāhi, ngā pūtau uta pupuhi, ngā pūtau uta momo-S rānei.
