Ina tae ki te tānga, ka tukuna e te pepa hangai he kounga me te huatau e kore e taea te whakataurite i ngā taonga pepa noa. Nā tōna mahi tā pai me te koi, he mea tino pai mō ngā taonga kounga teitei pērā i te pānui, te pānuitanga, me te rarangi pukapuka. Haunga tōna kaha ki te tā, he tino pai hoki te tukatuka o te pepa hangai, he mea hanga kia maha ngā whakamahinga mō ngā momo momo tā pērā i te tānga whakairo, te tānga intaglio, me te tānga mata.

Heoi anō, ko te hoahoa mata anake o te pepa hangai me ngā pore iti e whakamana ana i te wheako tuhituhi maeneene, he mea hanga hei whiringa pai mō te pepa tuku iho mō te pukatuhi, te pukapuka, me te hautaka. Ko tōna āhuatanga ātete wai kaha ka whakarei ake i tōna whai huatanga, nā te mea ehara i te mea he ātete wai me te makuku anake te pepa hangai PP engari he mata kanapa, he mata kanapa hoki e whakaoho ana i te kiriata pepa. He whiringa whaihua tēnei mō ngā tono pēnei i te mata pukapuka, te pānui o waho, te tapanga ātete wai, me ētahi atu, e whakarato ana i te roa me te penapena utu.

Mō te hiahia tiaki wā-poto, he pai te pepa hangai ki te ātete makuku, te ātete ki te piko me te hurihuri, me te ātete ki te kōwhai, ka waiho hei whiringa ōhanga mō ngā taonga pēnei i te pukapuka, te pānui, te rarangi pukapuka, me ētahi atu. Ka tukuna e te pepa hangai parahi hukarere (whakaata) me te pepa hangai kāri te whiringa whakarerekētanga matotoru me te tono rapu i roto i te whānuitanga o ngā taonga, mai i te maramataka me te putea ki te whāriki kai me ngā pouaka takai.

te māramatangangā purongo pakihiHe mahi nui tā ngā purongo pakihi hei whakamōhio i te tangata mō ngā whanaketanga hou o te ao pakihi. Mai i te ia o te mākete ki te whakakotahitanga me te hoko, ka taea e te noho tonu ki ngā purongo pakihi te āwhina i te waitohu a te tangata ki te whakatau mō te haumi, ngā whai wāhitanga mahi, me te whakamahere pūtea. Mā te tātari i ngā raraunga mākete me ngā whakahoutanga ahumahi, ka taea e te tangata te whakauru atu ki te ia o te ōhanga me te kaupapa pakihi, ka whakamana i a rātou ki te haereere i te ao tauhokohoko uaua me te maia.