Nga whakataunga inu matū he mea nui ake i whakaritea ki te tikiwhakaaro o ngā huringa hiahia o te whenua o ngā pūnaha tuhituhi. Ka waihanga ēnei whakataunga i runga i te kawe mai i te inu anō; ka kitea he whakaaetanga o te hanga inu, te hunga tuhituhi, me ngā momo hanga muri iho. I te mataki o ngā whakataunga inu matū, ko te mōhiohanga kei te mahi ngā huringa hanga tuhituhi e ai ki ngā hiahia takitahi. Mō te tuhituhi rahi i waenganui i ngā tahataha, ka whakapuakitia ngā whakataunga inu matū i te whakawhanake i ngā inu e pai ana ki te haukura, te haumaru UV, me te whanaketanga pai ki ngā tohu pērā i te hīnati me te kīrehe. Ka whakamana tonu ēnei inu ki ngā pūnaha tuhituhi rahi whakamua e hoko ana i ngā paenga inu rahi me te whakaputa i ngā tuhinga hiwa rawa noa i te mōhiohua. I roto i te pūnaha pakiri, ka whakaritea ngā whakataunga inu matū hei tiaki i te haumanu kai, te whakahoki i ngā huinga me te pai ake. Hei tauira, me whakaritea ngā inu e whai ana i ngā huinga kai-tirohanga hei whakamutu i te take tirohanga e taea ana te whakatere. No reira, ka tae atu ngā whakataunga inu matū ki ngā mahi mua mo ngā tohu hei whakapai i te whakapuaki inu, me ngā mahi muri iho pērā i te laminihini rānei, te varnish hei whakapai i te whakatuturu me te pai ake o te kai tuhituhi. Ka whakaaro hoki te whakawhanake i ngā whakataunga inu matū i te paihere o te mahi tuhituhi. Ko tēnei he whakapai i te kaiwhakamahiko inu, te iti iho i ngā wā o te tūponotanga, me te iti iho i te rama. Ki te mahi tahi ngā kaiwhakamahiko pūnaha tuhituhi me ngā kaiwhakamahi uta, ka taea te hanga i ngā whakataunga inu matū tūhono ki te whakapai i te mahi, te iti iho i ngā moni, me te pai ake i te paihere o te kai tuhituhi. Ahakoa nei, ka whakapaihia ngā whakataunga inu matū i te whakapai i ngā tikanga taiao, pērā i te whakamahi i ngā huinga matua rānei, me te hanga i ngā pūnaha poroiti hei whakahokia ātauria i ngā huinga.