He maha ngā paunga whakamahi o ngā tohu kaihua i te ao matatini, e whiwhi ana i ngā pai me ngā hiranga i a ia hei tūranga moemoea mō ngā whatu pai ā-tau me ngā whatu tiaki i te tinana. He pai rawa te hunga whakapiri i roto i ngā mahere whakapiri, ka noho pūmau ai ngā tohu, ā he aha te āhua o te timu rēhia rānei, ki te whakaaro i ngā uku rānei me te wai. E kitea nei ngā rerekētanga o ngā pūngao i whakamahia, i tīmata mai i te whakarite i te whiu ki ngā momo matū matatini, kia kore ai e whakarereketia, kia kore ai e māwhero i te wā. Ka tuku ngā tohu nei i te pai tuhituhi, kia puta ai ngā kōrero matua o te whatu, inahea ngā momo matū, ngā whakaaetanga whakamahi, me ngā tohu haumaru. Ko te whakamahinga o ngā tūtohu kaihua, ka whakawhanake i te whanaketanga o ngā pūkaha pai, ka kitea ai i runga i ngā rārangi kai. Ka hanga ngā tohu i runga i ngā huinga tūtohu, pērā i te whakatakoto rara me te whakapae ki te kōwhai, hei whakatupu i te ahua pai o ngā whatu. Ko tō rātou whaihere i te wā, ka tiakina ngā huarahi ture me ngā kōrero matua, ka pai noa iho i te wā o te oranga o te whatu. Ka ea noa iho ngā tohu i roto i ngā mahi hanga, ka whakapai i te wehiwehi mahi. Ka pai te whakarite ki ngā āhua wāhi, pērā i ngā tahuhu rānei, i ngā tahuhu korehe. Kei roto i ngā pūngao whakamahia, ko ngā pūnaha e pai ana ki te taiao, me ngā pūnaha e taea te whakahoki rānei, me ngā pūnaha e taea te whakarewarewa. Ka taea e ngā tohu nei te whakauru i te raraunga raraunga mō ngā kōmihana me ngā wā e mutu nei, ka whakamahia ai i te whakahaere kai me te whakautu whatu. Ko te paihere moni o ngā tohu, tae atu ki te pai o te mahi, ka pai he whiringa pai mō ngā whatu pai ā-tau, nui rānei, iti rānei.