He parauri māhana te tae o te tihi o te paepae, he tauira kōhatu rakau i hangaia e ngā panera rakau whiri, e whakaatu ana i ngā kakano rakau mārama, tūturu hoki. Ko te turanga he hanganga tautoko hina mārama, e hanga ana i te āhua porowhita whānui me ngā rārangi maeneene, porowhita e whakakotahi ana i te ataahua me te mahi.
Ko te nuinga o te wā ka whakamahia tēnei momo paepae i ngā wāhi tūmatanui pērā i ngā toa hokohoko, ngā pāka, ngā papa hokohoko, me ngā puni, hei whakarato i ngā wāhi okiokinga whakamarie mō te tangata. Mai i te tirohanga hoahoa, ka whakakotahi te paepae i ngā huānga rakau tūturu me te āhua hou, iti hoki. Ka tautoko i te ataahua o nāianei o ngā wāhi hokohoko o te tāone, me te tāpiri i te mahana ki ngā wāhi whakangahau o waho. Hei tāpiri, ka taea te whakarite mō ngā āhuatanga rerekē - pērā i te whakauru i ngā ipu whakato, i ngā whakapaipai auaha rānei - hei whakarei ake i te ataahua tirohanga me te mahi o te rohe e karapoti ana.