Ko te pōroa paparua he taputapu whakamāmā e āhua whirawhira ana hei awhina i ngā mahi maha mai i te tātari mata me te tango i ngā momo matāpuna, nō reira ko te mea noa ki ngā toihau huihuinga me ngā takunetanga DIY. Ko ēnei pōroa he roa tonu te roa o te kurihi paparua, kei a ia ngā karu whakamāmā e ū ana ki te tautoko whakauru—ko te nuinga he rēwana pakari, paparua rānei—e whakauru ai i te kaha me te āhua whirawhiri. Ko te painga matua o ngā pōroa paparua ko te āhua whirawhiri: kua hangaia kia mahi tūmatanui ki te rakau, metā, pāpaku, karawhiti, āke anō hoki ngā mata kua paina, ka taea ai te wehe i ngā taputapu whakamāmā maha. E wātea ana i te tauwehe o ngā rahi karu, mai i te kaha (40-80) mō te tango i te kaha (hei tauira, te tango i te paina mai i te metā, te āhua o te rakau), ki te iti (400-600) mō te whakamaroke me te whakatinana (hei tauira, te tātari rakau mō te tinga, te whakamaroke i te pāpaku), ā, ka tautoko i ngā tahataha katoa o te kaupapa. Kei te whakauru ake te rēwana ki te here i te taraweti, ākene ina whakamahia ana ki ngā taputapu hiko pērā i ngā kaiwhakamāmā ake, i ngā kaiwhakamāmā hōu, i te wā e whakamahia ana ki te ringaringa i ngā mata pōroto, pērā i ngā waewae tāone, ngā puipui metā. I te mahi rakau, ka tango i ngā tohu mata, ka rite i ngā papa kāore i te rite, ka whakamaroke i ngā hononga, ka tautoko i te āhua whirawhiri ki te āhua iti (pine, cedar) me te āhua kaha (tōtara, maple). I te mahi metā, ka tango i te parurenga, te wehe i ngā tapenakenga, te tātari mata mō te paina, te whakauru anō hoki ki te metā (tōtō, rino) me te kāore i te metā (hinu, para). Mō ngā kaipānui DIY, ko te roa ā-purongo—e āwhina ana i ngā kaiwhakamahi kia tapahia ngā wāhanga hei tāwhai i ngā taputapu motuhake, ngā mahi—ka heke i te pouri me te whai wāwā. Ko ngā whakamahinga paerewa ko te whakarepair i ngā motukā (te whakamāmā i te koura tinana), te hanga (te tātari i te rīwha), me te tiaki moana (te whakamaroke i ngā karawhiti waka). Ko ngā karu whakamāmā, ina nui ko te whakarewa hinu (mō te whakamahinga tikanga) te whakarewa karbide (mō ngā matāpuna kaha), kua ū ki ngā rāpoi e aki ai te wera, te wai, e whakauru ai i te ora, ākene hoki ki ngā taiao uaua. He iti noa te whakamahinga, te whakatinana rānei, ka tuku ngā pōroa paparua ā-whārite i te mahi tūmau, nō reira ko te whakauru tika, te whirawhiri hoki mō te tangata e hiahia ana ki te taputapu whakamāmā kotahi hei awhina i ngā kaupapa maha.