He mea nui te taurite tika o ngā potae hei whakarite i tētahi wheako taraiwa maeneene, haumaru hoki.taurite wira waka, ka taea e koe te tohatoha ōrite i te taumaha o te wira me te huihuinga potae, ka whakakore i te wiri me te ārai i te pakaru wawe. Ehara i te mea ka whakapai ake i te whakamarie me te mahi taraiwa anake, engari ka roa ake hoki te roa o te ora o ngā potae. Nō reira, he aha rawa te taurite potae, ā, me pēhea te mahi? Ko te taurite potae he taputapu e tirotiro ana i ngā taurite kore i roto i ngā huihuinga potae me ngā wira, ā, ka whakatikahia mā te tāpiri taumaha ki ētahi wāhi o te wira. Hei mahi i tēnei, ka whakanohoia ngā potae ki runga i te taurite wira hurihuri tere-teitei, ā, ka inehia te tohatoha taumaha. Kātahi ka tatau te mīhini i te nui me te wāhi o tetahi taumaha tāpiri e hiahiatia ana hei whakataurite i te huihuinga potae me te wira. He maha ngā momo taurite potae, tae atu ki ngā taurite mirumiru, ngā taurite hurihuri, me ngā taurite hiko.Mirumiruwirangā kaitauriteko te momo māmā rawa atu, ā, ka whakamahia he mirumiru me te taumata hei whakatau i te taumata o te kore taurite. Ko ngā taurite hurihuri, i tētahi atu ringa, ka whakamahia he porowhita hei huri i te huihuinga potae, kotaurite wira tarakawhakamahia ngā pūoko hei ine i te kore taurite me te tāpiri aunoa i te taumaha.