Ko te rakau noke, e mōhiotia ana ko te tīwiri noke, he taputapu e whakamahia ana hei tuku i te nekehanga hurihuri i waenga i ngā rakau e rua kāore i te whakarara. He tokotoko porotaka tōna, he awaawa porowhita, he miro rānei kei runga i tōna mata. Ko tetaputapu nokei tētahi atu ringa, he momo taputapu e rite ana ki te tīwiri, he taha niho e hono ana ki te awaawa porowhita o te rakau noke hei whakawhiti mana
Ina huri te rakau noke, ka nekehia te taputapu noke e te awaawa porowhita, ā, mā tēnei ka nekehia ngā mīhini hono. Ka tukuna e tēnei tikanga he taumata teitei o te tuku taipana, he mea tino pai mō ngā mahi e hiahia ana ki te nekehanga kaha me te puhoi, pērā i ngā mīhini ahuwhenua.
Ko tētahi painga o te whakamahi i te rakau kutukutu me te taputapu kutukutu i roto i te pouaka miihini ahuwhenua ko tō rātou kaha ki te whakaiti i te haruru me te wiri. Nā te hoahoa ahurei e taea ai te nekeneke maeneene me te ōrite o te mīhini. Ko te hua o tēnei he iti ake te pakaru me te haehae o te mīhini, ka roa ake te roa o tōna oranga me te whakaiti i ngā utu tiaki.
Ko tētahi atu painga ko tōna kaha ki te whakanui ake i te pai o te tuku mana. Ko te koki o te awaawa porowhita i runga i te rakau kutukutu e whakatau ana i te ōwehenga taputapu, ko te tikanga ka taea te hoahoa motuhake i te mīhini kia taea ai te tere, te putanga taipana rānei. Ko te hua o tēnei pai ake ka pai ake te penapena wahie me te whakaiti i te whakapaunga pūngao, ā, i te mutunga ka nui ake te penapena.
Hei whakamutunga, he mea nui te whakamahinga o te rakau kutukutu me te taputapu kutukutu i roto i te pouaka miihini ahuwhenua ki te whai hua me te whai hua o ngā mīhini ahuwhenua. Nā tōna hoahoa ahurei ka taea te mahi mārie me te maeneene, me te whakanui ake i te pai o te tuku hiko, ā, ka hua ake he umanga ahuwhenua pumau me te whai hua.