Te mātāpono o te tapahi taiaho: ko te tapahi taiaho ko te tuku i tētahi hihi taiaho whakahaeretia ki runga i tētahi rau whakarewa, ka rewa, ka hanga he puna rewa. Ka nui ake te pūngao ka mimitihia e te konganuku rewa, ka tere ake te tukanga rewa. Ka whakamahia te hau pēhanga teitei hei pupuhi atu i te rauemi rewa, ka hanga he kōhao. Ka nekehia e te hihi taiaho te kōhao i te taha o te rauemi, ka hanga he hononga tapahi. Ko ngā tikanga poka taiaho ko te poka pāorooro (ngā kōhao iti ake, te iti ake o te pānga wera) me te poka pahū (ngā kōhao nui ake, te nui ake o te tauhiuhi, kāore e tika mō te tapahi tika). Te mātāpono whakamatao o te pouaka whakamatao taiaho mō te mīhini tapahi taiaho: ka whakamatao te pūnaha whakamatao o te pouaka whakamatao taiaho i te wai, ā, ka tukuna e te papu wai te wai whakamatao pāmahana iti ki te mīhini tapahi taiaho. I te tango atu o te wai whakamatao i te wera, ka wera ake ka hoki ki te whakamatao laser , ka whakamataohia anō ka kawea anō ki te mīhini tapahi taiaho.