He pouaka tiaki te pouaka muka whatu e pupuri ana, e whakarite ana hoki i ngā taura me ngā hononga muka whatu. Ka tiakina e ēnei pouaka muka whatu ngā taura mai i te puehu, te makuku, me ngā kino tinana, ā, ka āwhina i te whakahaere taura whai hua. Ko te nuinga o ngā pouaka kei te wātea i roto i ngā momo whakairinga whatanga, whakairinga pakitara rānei, me ngā paepae me ngā tauranga mārama hei whakahaere i ngā taura i roto i te tikanga tika. Mā te pouaka kounga ka taea e ngā tohunga hangarau te tautuhi me te whakatika wawe i ngā take, te whakaiti i te wā kore mahi me te pupuri i te pumau o te whatunga. Ko ētahi he mea hanga mō te whakamahinga o waho, ā, ka taea te tu atu ki ngā āhuatanga uaua. Ko te whiriwhiri i te pouaka tika e whakawhirinaki ana ki te maha o ngā taura, te wāhi tāutanga e wātea ana, me te mea e hiahiatia ana te whakamahinga o roto, o waho rānei. I muri mai, ka hipokina e mātou ngā momo, ngā tono, me ngā tohutohu mō te whiriwhiri i te pouaka muka whatu tika mō tetahi whirihoranga.