Ko te mīhini uku kōrero he mīhini āhuarangi e whai wāhi nui ana i roto i te whenua o ngā pūnaha tuhinga, inā he mea nui tēnei i ngā tono tuhinga nui, tuhinga pai. Ko te mahi tuhinga kōrero kei te whakamahi i ngā rama kīwiri, ki te mea ko te uku ka whakaputa mai i ngā pū i runga i te mata o te rama ki te kauwhata. He mīhini kōrero i āhei ai ki ngā huringa āhuarangi o tēnei mahi. He tino āhuatanga nui mo te mīhini uku kōrero tēnei te paihere tae rawa me te whakatika. Ka āhei ēnei uku ki te hanga i ngā tae whakanuia me te paihere pai, hei whakamana i a rātou kia pai ai hei tuhituhi i ngā rara paihere matua, pērā i ngā poaka āhua rangatira, me ngā pepa whakarākau me ngā tae pai. Ko ngā kōrero kei roto i te uku kōrero ka whakatauhia hei whakamahere pai te kuhu me te whakaputa i te wā o te mahi tuhinga. Ka whakaae atu rātou ki te mea kia tirotiro pai te uku ki ngā pū kīwiri o te rama, ka whakawāhia anō ki te kauwhata. Ko tēnei te hua ki ngā tuhinga tika me ngā huarahi pai i waenganui i ngā tuhinga nui. He mea nui hoki te haere o te mīhini uku kōrero i te wā o te whakapūmau. I ngā pūnaha tuhinga kōrero nui, kei reira te kauwhata ka haere ki ngā wā nui, ka hiaia te uku kia pūmau ki te kore e tahuri, kia whakatika ai te whakaaturanga o te tuhinga i tuhituhia. Ko ngā kōrero whakamahia i roto i ēnei uku ka huaki nui, hei whakakaha i te pūmau nui me te mahi pai. Ko ngā mīhini uku kōrero ka āhei hoki ki te paihere ki tētahi mano o ngā kauwhata, inā he mea nui tēnei i ngā tono whakarākau, mai i ngā whakarākau kai me ngā rauropi ki ngā whakarākau whai rawa me ngā whakarākau kanohi. Heoi anō, i te whakangungu o ngā take ā-nuku, ka taea hoki e te whenua nei te whakapakari i ngā mīhini uku kōrero motuhake. Ko tēnei te whakamahi i ngā kōrero pai ā-nuku me te whakapai i ngā rākau whakahokia me ngā rākau whaiwhakaora hei whakaiti i te rite me te tohu ā-nuku o te mahi tuhinga kōrero.