Ko tēnei he rautaki pai hei āwhina i ngā mahi toi ki te whakawehi i ō rātau rākau i te 'pūtake' pai. Koia nei he rākau nui rawa ko te pūwaiwai e haere ana i runga i te porowhita, e whakamana ana kia kitea e ia ngā rākau katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te wai hei whakatika i a rātou. Retawhenua pūtētē rotoiti he whakahaere hua whenua i te mea ka horopaki ngā rara i runga i tētahi pūtahi me te whakawehi i ngā hua whenua i runga i ngā pūwaiwai i ngā whata wheke. Ka horopaki i runga i tētahi pūtahi, me te whakawehi i te wai ki runga i te māra i roto i tētahi porowhita. Ko tēnei ka āhei ai ngā mahi toi ki te whakaiti i te wai me te whakapai i te nui o ngā rākau.
Tētahi nui o ngā pai o te mahi whakarite wai i te pikitanga matua ko tana pūmau i te wai. Ki te wehi wai whakauru, ka mohio ngā kaiwhakaako ki te wheako i te wai kia whakaae ai ia ki te wehi. Nā tēnei ka tiaki anō he wā me te mahi mō ngā kaiwhakaako. Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakaako hoki te whakarerekē i te rākau mō ngā momo kai rerekē, me te iti i te mahi o te whenua.
Ka wehi te rākau iwi whakatika ki te mara ki runga i ngā paipī, ngā pūngao me ngā wehi wai. Kei runga i ngā pūwheke ka haere te rākau i roto i te wāhi paihere. Ki te haere ngā pūwheke, ka wehi ngā wehi wai, ka tae atu ki te wheako i te wai kia whakaae ai ia ki te wehi. pūtahi vāhine kōrero ana te rautaki i te hiko i te wā katoa, e whakahaere ana i ngā pūtahi me te kuhu i te wai. Ka āhei i a ngā mihinare kia whakaatuhia he iti noa iho te wai hei tirohia, ka whakaaetia e rātau ki te hanga i ngā rerenga ora.
Pūtahi Whakamahere Wai ka noho pai rawa atu, ko te pai he whakangungu i te wai mā te whakawehewehe i te wai. Ko tēnei e hīnātia ana he iti iho i te wai i tae ki te moana. Engari, ki te kore e whakahaere ana i a rātou i runga i te mōhiohanga, ka hanga rātou i ngā momo hē hou, pērā i te whakamataku i te whenua me te whakaputuwhenua. Ka taea te whakarerekē i ngā taonga o te whenua me te whakawehi i te taiao. Me tirotiro, me whakahaere ngā mihinare i a rātau i ngā rautaki ki te whakamutunga i enei mahi.
He puare kaupapa hāngai i te mātaitanga me te whakaiti moni. Ki te whakamahi i tēnei kaupapa, ka āhei ngā mahi toi ki te whakaiti i te wā me te māhī, tukua mai nei i a rātou hei whakatū mahi ki ngā momo mahi kē kei roto i te pā. Hei tautoko i te hunga whenua i te whakapai me te pai o ngā hua whenua, mā te whakamana i te mea he iti noa iho ngā wai e tae ana ki ngā rākau. Kia taka iho ki te pūtahi i te pikitanga kaore i te iti rawa te utu, engari ka whakapau moni i a koe i runga i ngā tau. I te whānui, he mea nui mō te whenua hou o nāianei.