Kua whai take te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai hei hēkenga whakarerekē ki roto o te whenua o ngā mahi tuhinga, tuku mai he huinga pai rawa o ngā painga moana me te kawa pai o te hanga tuhinga. Tēnei momo mīhini, ko te wai te matū nui, kua whakarerekētia te arahi a ngā tuhituhi ki runga i ngā kaupapa rerekē, ināianei ētahi atu me te whakaaro mō te tiaki i te ao me te pai o te whaiwhai. Ko te hanga o te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai he mahi whakamahiti e rere ana, engari he tino tika. Kua whakaaetia ngā taratara ki uta i te whakapae ki a rātau rangi kura, te maha tonu o te maramataka, me te whakaae ki te hāpori wai. Ko ngā taratara pai e tirotiro nei i ngā kura pai me ngā kura tata ki muri i ngā tuhinga. Ka whakauruhia ngā kawe i muri iho hei noho i waenganui i ngā taratara me te tuku pai ki te whenua. Ko ēnei kawe kei te whakaaetanga wai-āhua e hanga nei he kupu whakapai i te wā e haere ai te mīhini. Heoi anō, ka whakauruhia ngā whakatakoto hei whakatika i te huanga kai o te mīhini, kia āhei ai ia ki te pūtahi ki runga i te raupapa pūnui me te whenua e tuhituhia ana. Ko tētahi o ngā paihere nui o te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai he whakapae moana. I te wā e kake ana ngā whakaaro moana, kē ēnei mīhini he hāpai hau. Ki te whakamahi i te wai i waenga i ngā matū whakamate, ka heke te tango o ngā hākinakina whiu (VOC). Ko tēnei e āhei ana ki te tiaki i te ao, ā, ka hangaia he wāhi pai hei mahi mō ngā tuhituhi, ināianei ka whakaiti te whakaharahara i ngā hau whawhai. Nā reira, kei te hurihia e ngā kāwanatanga nui te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai ki te whakapae ki ngā huarahi tiaki i te ao me te whakaaetanga i ngā tikanga moana kē. Mai i te taha o te kawa o te tuhinga, kei te pai rawa te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai ki waenganui o ngā wāhanga. Kei te tino pai tōna whakapae i ngā kura, ā, kei te āhei ki te whakautu pai o ngā hanga puta ki waenganui o ngā tuhinga. Ka āhei te mīhini ki te hanga hei whakamahia i waenganui o ngā kura, ā, kei te whai koe ki te whakaaetanga i ngā kaupapa tuhituhi rerekē me ērā hoki. Ki runga i ngā whatu, ka hanga te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai he tuhinga māku, e whai mana ana i roto i te whenua o ngā rorohiko. Ka noho pai te mīhini ki te whatu, kāore i te whakapāheko i tōna pūmau ranei me tōna pai. Ahakoa, kei te whai ngā whakaritenga o te mahi i runga i te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai. Ko te wā e whakarite ana i tēnei mīhini i waenga i ngā whakaritenga kē, ka noho maha rawa te wā e haere ai i mua i te mahi. Ki te whakatika i tēnei, ka whakamahi ngā tuhituhi i ngā whare whakarite, pērā i ngā whakarite irahere rānei me ngā whakarite hau whakamua. Anō he mea, ki runga i ētahi whenua kē e kore nei e pai ki te whakapae, kaore te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai i te pai o te whakapae. Ka whakaaetia ngā momo whakangungu kē, pērā i te whakapae mata rānei me te whakamahi o ngā whakapae kawe, hei whakapai i te hononga mīhini-me-whenua. Ko te rangahau me te hanga i mua i te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai, kei te whakapai tonu i ana take. Ko ngā hanga hou e whai ana hei whakapai i te wā e haere ai, hei whakapai i te whakapae, me te whakapai i te paihere o ngā tuhinga i whakaritea. Ki te whai ngā hiahia mō ngā huinga pai rawa me te kawa pai o te tuhinga, ka noho tonu te mīhini tohu pūnui ā-maihi i wai hei tino take i te wā e whai ake nei o te whenua tuhinga.