Kei te hanga te whiuwhiu whatitiri kōhatu hēkenga hei tū tonu i ngā pūtake whakarere me te māmā i te wā e tūneke ana i tana hoa. Ki te whakamahia te mahi, ka whakamahia ngā rau otaota matua hei whakapai i te whiuwhiu whatitiri kōhatu ki runga i tētahi papa kaha e taea ana te tū tonu i te wā e hirahira ana, karekau i te tahuri. Ko te porihanga pūmau hei hanga hei whakatūpato i te whakapai o ngā pūtake kōhatu ki te papa, kia kore ai te wehe i te wā e tū tonu ana. Ka tuhituhia ngā whiuwhiu whatitiri kōhatu hēkenga mō ngā kaupapa nui ā-motu pērā i te hanga waka rānei, ki te hanga whare, kei reira te hirahira ake o te whiuwhiu i ngā wā nui. Ki te take nei, ka heke i te waenga o ngā whakahokia whiuwhiu, ka whakapai i te wā me te moni.