Parahi tino tikataputapu whakakoiE whakamahia ana i roto i ngā mahi moana, e whakaatu ana i te roa me te pono whakamiharo. He mea hanga mai i ngā koranu parahi kounga teitei, kua hangaia ēnei taputapu hei tu atu i te taiao moana kino, tae atu ki te waikura wai tote me te ahotea miihini tonu. Mā te hangarau tika ka whakarite kia maeneene, kia whai hua hoki te tuku mana, he mea nui mō te whakahaere i ngā mīhini moana pēnei i ngā kerēne, ngā wini, me ngā pūnaha whakatere. Ko ngā āhuatanga ātete waikura o te taputapu parahi me te kaha taipana teitei e pai ai mō ngā kaipuke moana, e whakarei ake ana i te mahi whānui me te whakaroa i te roa o te ora o ngā taputapu.
I a mātou e whakamahi ana i ngā taputapu tirotiro matatau pērā i te mīhini ine taunga-toru a Brown & Sharpe, te pokapū ine a Colin Begg P100/P65/P26, te taputapu porotaka Tiamana Marl, te whakamātautau taratara o Hapani, te Kaiwhakaahua Whatu, te pūwhakaata, te mīhini ine roa, me ētahi atu, kia tika ai, kia tino tika ai te tirotiro whakamutunga.