Ko ngā taputapu āwhio whakamāmā hohonu hei hangaia kia eke ai i ngā whakamahinga whakamāmā nui, e tuku ana i te whakapāhunu me te roa o te ora ki ngā taiao hihiani. Ko te hanganga whakapapa anō te tīmatanga, ko te taputapu tuanui he huruhuru ranei, pepa rānei e whakakaha ana, e aki ai te māmā me te whakarahi hoki mai i te pēhi nui me te whakamahi roa. Ko ngā paraihe whakamāmā, e hiahiatia ana ko te ōkara arumini, zirconia alumina, te karaiti hoki o te waiariki—ko ngā taputapu e mōhiotia ana mō te whakapāhunu me te aki aki—ka tūhono ki te taputapu tuanui ki te whakamahi i ngā kōpae eke hau teka. Ko te takotoranga o ngā taputapu kounga teitei ka whakaponoa kia taea e te taputapu te mahi i ngā mahi whakamāmā uaua, pērā i te tango i ngā papata rite o te taputapu mai i te mira, te rakau, te whenua rānei, kāore he pakaru tere. Ka whakamahia enei taputapu i ngā umanga pērā i te hanga, te mahi mira, me te mahi rakau, kei hea te nuinga o ngā taputapu e tika ana kia rite tonu ai te mahi. Hei tauira, i te umanga mira, ka whakamahia hei tango i ngā peera i runga i ngā āhua cast, hei tango i ngā parauri i runga i ngā hanganga mira, te whakapapa rānei i ngā papaka mira. I te mahi rakau, ka tautohe i te tukatuka i ngā rakau rawa, te whakatinga i ngā mata irirangi, me te tango i ngā tahumaero tawhito i runga i ngā mata rakau nui pērā i ngā papa takotoranga, me ngā taonga whare. Ko te āhua whakapāhunu o ēnei taputapu ka arahia te iti ake i te wā e noho ana te taputapu e hiahiatia ana, te whai huatanga, me te iti ake o ngā utu o ngā taputapu whakamāmā i ngā mahi nui. Anō hoki, ko te mahi whakamāmā eke ona ka tūtohu i te tino kotahi o te mahi ki ia taputapu, ka tiakina ai te ōrite o te hua mutunga.