rae whakairo mō te kikoā
He rau whakairo pūkeko te rau whakairo moe kōkako, he materiana whakairo ā-waha e whakarite ana i ngā kaupapa mahi kōkako, e hīnaki ana i ngā pai me ngā pai tūmataiti. Ko tēnei rau whakairo nui rawa, ko te toto pūkeko hei whakamarumaru i ngā pai o te mahi kōkako. E ai ki te whakapae, ko te toto pūkeko he kaituku whakamarumaru, e whakaheke ana i te wai me te itinga i te wā o te hanga whakairo. Ko te kaiwhakamana i te rau whakairo, ko ngā niho tahitahi rānei ko ngā niho nylon, e whakatūpūtia ana i aua whenu mō ōna rangitikanga tūmeke me tana whakahē ki te wehe. E tomokia ana i ēnei whenu, ko ngā rahi rerekē rānei me ngā tae, kei reira i a ngā kaihanga kia kitea ai ngā whenu whakamahere me ngā whenu whakairo. Ko te toto pūkeko hoki e āwhina ana ki te whakahē i te whakawhiti o te rau me te whakawhitinga i te wā o te whakamahi, me te wā e hēnei ana i te rau kore pūkeko. Ki te taea e ia te whakatika i ngā rārangi tino mataki me te whakamana i te rongoā whakamahi, ka pai noa ki te hanga i ngā rārangi tūmanawa i roto i ngā kōkako. Ko te whakapuawaitanga o te rau e tiaki ana i tana nui me tana whanonga, e taea ana e ia te whakatika i ngā momo whakamahi tūhonotia o te rā o te maramataka, me tana whakapono ki tana whakatika. Hei tā ngā hanganga hou, ka whakatika ngā raraunga me ngā rahi, ka puta he mea tirohia e taea ana e ia te whakamana i ngā hiahia matua o ngā kaihanga kōkako me ngā hiahia hokohoko.