Nō te hanga i ngā whakamahinga kia riro ai tētahi mata o te konakona, ka mohio he 'konakona pūhoro' te ingoa mō tēnei mahi, me ngā āhuarangi hei whakamutu. Ki te pūhoro, ka whakamahia tuatahitia ngā āhuarangi kōpara ki te whakatiki i ngā hikoheke o te mata, ka whakamahi atu i ngā āhuarangi iti i muri iho ki te whakawhiwhia i te mata pai. Ko ngā āhuarangi e whai wāhi ana i te ao nei ko te karaka sīleni me ngā āhuarangi i roto i te kōkōwai. Kei te nui ake te whakaaetanga mo ngā kōnae konakona pūhoro i roto i ngā ratounga ā-hapori me ngā ratounga ā-pakihi. Ka whaihua ngā āhuarangi pūhoro i te kōkōwai rānei, i te karaka sīleni hei whakamahere i te ara whakamaumahara o te konakona, ā, ka noho ea tonu hoki te whakahaere i ngā huarahi whakahaere i runga i te kōnae. Anō he mea nui kei te urunga konakona pūhorotia, ka heke haere te hiahia ki te whakamahi i ngā tohunga rangi whakatoi, nā te kino i te whakapakari i te kōwhatu o te marama e puta mai nei i te pūhoro o te konakona.