kī tapa rakau kōwhaihua
Ko ngā tapa whakakī tāone rāke rāke he taraweti o te hiranga o ngā tikanga whakarewa ake me te hangarau hou, e whakarato ana i tētahi whakaeke takitahi me te whakauru ki te taiao hei whakarite i ngā kī me te tautuhi i ngā kī. Ko ngā taonga takitahi nei i hangaia ki te kounga teitei o te rakau, i whiriwhiria kia manawa tika me te āhua ataahua, kātahi ka whakakīia tāone rāke ki te whakamahi i ngā taputapu rāke anō hoki. Ko te tikanga whakakī rāke e waiho ana i ngā tohu pōuri, kua tohua kia kaua e māmā, e ngaro rānei, kia taea ai te whakakī i ngā āhua, ngā kupu whakapāpaku, i ngā mōhio e tohua ana hei tohu mō te raki. Ko te katoa o te tapa he rīngi rānei, he pōro rānei te tikanga whakauru e tāwhai ana i ngā kī kia tūpuna ai te tāpiri, te tango rānei. Ko te rakau ake e whakarato ana i te āhua makariri, te āhua takitahi, engari hoki te manawa kaha ki te whakamahi ia rā. Ko ngā tapa kī heke mai i ngā momo rakau rereke, pērā i te maple, te oak, me te walnut, ko teke katoa e kawana ana i āna āhua rerekē, āhua rānei hei tautoko i te āhua whakakī. Ko te whanui o te hangarau whakakī rāke e āki ai ngā whiringa whakarerekē mai i ngā kupu whakauru ki ngā tohu rautaki, ki ngā āhua whakarewa rānei, e whakapono ana i ēnei tapa kia taea te whakamahi mō te whakamahi takitahi, mō ngā whakamahinga pakihi anō hoki.