E mōhio ana te hunga e mōhio ana ki ngā motuka he maha ngā tikanga o roto i ngā motuka e whakamahi ana i te tuku taputapu. Hei tauira, he uaua te pouaka miihini o te motuka, ko ētahi atu waka whakawhiti, ko te rerekētanga, ko te urungi, me ētahi atu, tae atu ki ētahi wāhanga hiko, pērā i te ararewa karāhe, te horoi matapihi, te pēki ringa hiko, me ētahi atu, ka whakamahia hoki te puku taputapu i roto i ēnei taputapu. Nā te mea he whānui te whakamahinga o ngā taputapu, ā, he mea nui hoki i roto i ngā motuka, e hia te nui o tā tātou mōhiotanga mō rātou? I tēnei rā ka kōrero tātou mō ngā taputapu i roto i ngā motuka. Ko te puku taputapu tētahi o ngā puku e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā motuka. Ko āna mahi matua e whai ake nei:
1, whakarerekē tere: mā te hono i ngā taputapu e rua, ka taea te whakarerekē i te tere o te taputapu. Hei tauira, ka taea e te taputapu tuku te whakaiti, te whakanui rānei i te tere o te miihini kia tutuki ai ngā hiahia o te motuka;
2. Huringa taipana: E rua ngā taputapu rerekē te rahi e hono ana, ka huri i te tere o te taputapu i te wā kotahi, ka huri hoki i te taipana e tukuna ana. Hei tauira, ka taea e te pouaka miihini o te motuka, te whakaiti matua i roto i te toki taraiwa, te huri i te taipana o te motuka;
3. Huri ahunga: ko te ahunga o te mahi mana o te miihini o ētahi waka he poutū ki te ahunga o te waka, ā, me huri te ahunga tuku o te mana kia peia ai te waka. Ko tēnei taputapu te nuinga o te wā ko te whakaiti me te rerekētanga matua o te waka. He tino teitei ngā whakaritenga taputapu motuka, me teitei te ātete pakaru o te tinana niho taputapu, me kaha te ātete ki te pakaru o te mata o te niho, me kaha te ātete ki te kakahu me te ātete ki te piri, arā, ngā whakaritenga: he mārō te mata o te niho, he mārō te matua. Nō reira, he tino uaua hoki te hangarau tukatuka taputapu motuka, ā, ko ēnei ngā tikanga e whai ake nei:
(Te whakawātea ➟ te hanga ➟ te whakataurite ➟ te mīhini ➟ te whakakikorua parahi ā-rohe ➟ te whakakāpura ➟ ➟ te whakamātao i te pāmahana iti ➟ te tango i te pere ➟ te huri taputapu, te huri pai)
Ko te taputapu i hangaia i tēnei ara ehara i te mea he kaha me te pakari anake, engari he pakeke teitei me te ātete ki te kakahu.
