Ko te nuinga o te wira whakapūmau he anga pumau, he ringa whakapūmau, he tinana wira, he puna hurihuri, he whāriki hurihuri me he ringaringa puna, me ētahi atu. Ka taea e ia te whakarite aunoa i te kaha whakapūmau kia rite ki te rerekētanga o te piri o te whitiki, kia pumau, kia haumaru, kia pono hoki te pūnaha tuku.
He wāhanga mau te wira whakakīkī o te motuka me ētahi atu wāhanga, he ngāwari te mau o te whitiki ina roa te wā, ka āhua roa te wiri o te whitiki ina huri hōhonu, whaiti hoki, ka taea te whakarite aunoa i te wira whakakīkī mā te wae waipēhi, mā te puna whakamakuku rānei, kia rite ki te nui o te mau o te whitiki. Hei tāpiri, he pumau ake te oma o te whitiki wira whakakīkī, he iti ake te haruru, ā, ka ārai i te paheke.
No roto te wira whakapūmau i te kaupapa tiaki o ia rā, e hiahiatia ana kia whakakapia mō te 60,000-80,000 kiromita te tawhiti. I te nuinga o te wā, ki te mea he haruru rerekē kei te pito o mua o te mīhini, ki te mea rānei he nui rawa te rerekētanga o te kaha whakapūmau o te wira whakapūmau i waenganui, ko te tikanga kāore i te rawaka te kaha whakapūmau. E taunakihia ana kia whakakapia te whitiki, te wira whakapūmau, te wira mangere me te wira kotahi o te whakaputa hiko ina he rerekē te tangi o te pūnaha taputapu pito o mua i te 60,000-80,000 kiromita te tawhiti.
