E aro ana taku rangahau i te māramatanga i ngā tukanga arohaehae ōkiko i ngā pāhekoheko o ngā kōhauhau puaheiri/tio me ōna awenga i te pūngao me te taurite papatipu o ngā rohe anuanu, tae ana ki ngā hua muringa i ngā pūkete iho tio, i te kukuwhatanga o te tio moana, te pikinga hoki o te pae moana. He tohu kairangi tōku mō te mātai kōpaka nō ETH Zürich, ka mutu, i whakatutukihia tētahi kairangi taumuri i Seattle, kātahi ka hūnuku ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara i 2010 ki te hono atu ki te ohu o Te Puna Pātiotio. I a au e wātea ana i te pūtaiao, i aku tamariki tokotoru rānei, ka rekareka ahau i te tunu kai, i te hīkoi, i te eke pahikara, i ngā mahi katoa mō te puaheiri, i te pānui, i te pū-āio hoki.