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He whakamahinga nui te hanga o ngā kōwhai kāponi hei whakangungu i ngā kaupapa whakangungu me te hangarau whare. Ngaro ai ēnei atu hiranga ki tētahi mātauranga matihiko e hanga ai ngā kāponi kāwhiti me ngā rākau tūrangi whai mana, hei hanga i ngā momo whakangungu e mohio ana ki te tū tonu me te iti haumaru. Ko te kōwhai e puta nei he nui rawa te rangatira o te kuhuanga, ahakoa iti noa iho ia i ngā pūtake kōwhai tuatahi rānei, pūngao rānei. Kua hanga ngā kōwhai kāponi hei whakamana i te nui o ngā hiranga kuhuanga, me te whakawhitiwhiti kōwhiringa mō ngā hanga. He wānanga taea e rātau ana ki te whakapae i te kōpūtahi, ki te whakatika i ngā wāhanga kiko kē, me te whakamana i te tū tonu i roto i ngā taiao katoa. Nā tēnei, ko ēnei kōwhai he nui rawa i ngā tūtohu mahi, kei reira te iti haere he whakaheke, pērā i te hanga whakaheke, te hanga motokā, me te hanga whare o nāianei. Ko te mahi hanga he tino tika te whakapakoko i ngā kāwhiti kāponi i waenganui i ngā tūnga kiko hei whakapakari i te kuhuanga i ngā tūnga kōwhiriwhiri, e hoki nei i tētahi kōwhai e taea ana te whakatakoto hei tika mō ngā hiranga kuhuanga me ngā tūtohu. Ko tōna nui o te kuhuanga ki te iti o tōna take, he pai rawa ia hei whakamana i ngā kaupapa e kore e taea ana ki te whakamahi i ngā rākau tuatahi, whakaaetia ai ngā whakangungu hou me te whakapai i te tū tonu.