Mō te whakamahinga, ko te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakore te nuinga e whakamahia ana mō te whakapakari me te whakatika i ngā whare, ka taea ai te whakarei ake i te kaha kume me te ātete-kawakore o ngā wāhanga, me te whakaroa i tō rātou roa mahi.
Hei tāpiritanga, i roto i te ao hangarau ā-iwi, ka whakamahia whānuitia te kakahu mata muka karāhe ātete-kawakore ki te tautoko i ngā kauhanga, te whakakaha piriti me te hangarau o raro whenua, me ētahi atu. Nā tōna kaha teitei, tōna roa me tōna ātete ki te kawakore ka taea te whakaoti rapanga tawhito me te waikura o ngā hanganga hangarau.
He whānuitia ngā whakamahinga o te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakawa i roto i te hangarau hanga. Tuatahi, ka taea te whakamahi hei whakapakari pakitara hei whakanui ake i te kaha kutikuti me te kaha kume o te pakitara, me te whakapai ake i te pumau whānui mā te whakakotahi ki te pakitara. Tuarua, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei ārai i te pakaru o te whenua, mā te whakakotahi ki te whenua, hei ārai i te pakaru me te totohu o te whenua. Hei tāpiri, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakawa mō te whakapuru paipa hei whakanui ake i te ātete pēhanga o te paipa, me te whakaroa i tōna roanga mahi. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakawa hei whakapakari i ngā hanganga, hei ārai i te tuanui, hei ārai i te haruru me te wera me te whakapaipai.
I roto i te hanga kaipuke, ka taea te whakamahi i te papanga whatu muka karāhe ātete-kawakawa hei whakapakari i te anga me te ārai i te waikura. Nā tōna kaha me tōna roa ka kaha ake te kaipuke, ka roa ake hoki. Hei tāpiri, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te papanga whatu muka karāhe ātete-kawakawa hei hanga arai waka. Mā te whakakotahi ki te oneone, ka whakapai ake i te ātete pānga me te pumau o te arai waka, ā, ka whakarite i te haumaru waka.
I roto i te whakaputa hiko hau, ka taea te whakamahi i te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakore i roto i te hanga parirau tāpine hau hei whakanui ake i tōna kaha me tōna pumau. I taua wā anō, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei whakapakari i te turanga tāpine hau hei whakapai ake i te ātete hau o te turanga. Hei tāpiri, ka taea te whakamahi i te kakahu mata karāhe ātete-kawakore i roto i te hangarau taiao pēnei i te maimoatanga wai. Mā te whakakotahi me ngā taputapu maimoatanga wai, ka whakanui ake i te kaha me te pumau o ngā taputapu, ā, ka whakapai ake i te pānga o te maimoatanga wai.