Tetaputapu nokeHe whānuitia te whakamahinga o te rakau i roto i ngā ahumahi maha o te pouaka miihini nā tōna kaha ki te whakarato i te taipana teitei, te nekehanga maeneene, me ngā āheinga raka-ake. Ko tētahi o ōna whakamahinga matua ko ngā pūnaha whakaiti tere, e āwhina ana ki te whakatutuki i te whakahaere tere nui me te pupuri i te whai huatanga o te mana. Nā tēnei ka tino pai mō ngā mīhini e hiahia ana ki te nekehanga tika, pērā i ngā whitiki kawe, ngā ararewa, me ngā taputapu hiki.
I roto i te umanga motuka, ka whakamahia ngā toki taputapu noke i roto i ngā pūnaha urungi, hei whakarite i te nekehanga maeneene me te whakahaere o ngā waka. Kei roto hoki i ngā winihi me ngā hiki, hei whakarato i te pumau me te ārai i te taraiwa whakamuri, e whakarei ake ana i te haumaru.
I roto i ngā mīhini ahumahi, he mahi nui tā ngā toki taputapu noke i roto i ngā mīhini whakaranu, ngā mīhini perehi, me ngā taputapu aunoa, he mea nui te nekehanga whakahaere me te tuku taipana teitei. Ka whakamahia hoki ēnei i roto i ngā mīhini kakahu, ngā taputapu hauora, me ngā mahi karetao, e āhei ai te nekehanga tika me te whakahaere kawenga.
Hei tāpiritanga, kei roto i ngā taputapu whare ngā toki taputapu noke, pērā i ngā motuka hiko, ngā kaiwhakatuwhera tatau karāti, tae atu ki ngā pūnaha whakahāngai taonga puoro. Nā te pakari, te marino o te mahi, me te whai huatanga, he mea nui ēnei hei wāhanga o te whakamahinga miihini o ēnei rā.