Pōtae whatu, pōtae makariri miro, kore-parauri, me te rārangi

Ko te pōtae whatu, e mōhiotia ana ko te pīni, he taputapu whakapaipai potae e hangaia ana mā te whakamahi i te miro me ngā ngira whatu. He mea hanga ēnei pōtae mai i ngā rauemi ngohengohe, mahana hoki pērā i te huruhuru hipi, te kiriaku, te kāhimere rānei, hei whakarite i te whakamarie me te tiaki i ngā āhuatanga makariri o te rangi. He maha ngā hoahoa me ngā momo kākahu o ngā pōtae whatu, mai i te māmā me te papatahi ki te uaua me te tauira. Ko ētahi o ngā tauira whatu rongonui ko ngā tuitui rara, ngā taura, ngā hoahoa motu ataahua rānei. Nā te maha o ngā whakamahinga o ngā pōtae whatu ka taea e rātou te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia me ngā rahi o ngā upoko.

Ka taea te whakanoho pai, ka kapi katoa te mahunga, ka taea rānei te hanga hoahoa piko, rahi rānei mō te āhua o te noho noa me te marino. Hei tāpiri, ko ētahi pōtae whatu ka whai taringa, he tapa rānei hei whakamahana me te tiaki. He maha ngā tae e wātea ana mō ēnei pōtae, ā, ka taea te whakapaipai ki ngā whakapaipai pēnei i ngā pom-pom, ngā pātene, ngā whakapaipai whakarewa rānei, hei tāpiri i te āhua motuhake me te kāhua. Ehara i te mea he taputapu hotoke mahi noa ngā pōtae whatu engari he mea huatau hoki hei whakarei ake i tētahi kākahu. He tino pai mō ngā mahi o waho pēnei i te retihuka, te retihuka, te mau noa rānei i ia rā i ngā wā makariri.