Ko ngā hononga tēpu paipa tika he mea hanga ki te maitai whakarewa, he kaha teitei, he ātete hoki ki te waikura. Ka taea e te maitai whakarewa te ārai i te pakaru, i te waikura rānei o te hononga i te wā e whakamahia ana, ā, ka whakarite kia haumaru, kia pono hoki te mahi a te mita.
Ko te hononga he mea hanga i te tinana hononga, ngā hononga paipa me ngā hiri, me ētahi atu. Ka hangaia te tinana hononga me ngā hononga paipa mā te tukanga whakarewa, ā, he pai te mahi hiri me te ātete ki te pēhanga. He mea hanga ngā hiri ki te rapa, ki te mea whakarewa rānei, ātete ki te waikura, kia pai ai te hiri o te hononga.
Ko te taiao whakamahi o te hononga tēpu paipa tika ko te pūnaha paipa ahumahi. He pai mō te ine me te whakahaere i te hau māori, te hau hinu wai, te hinu me ētahi atu hau kore-waikura. I roto i te whakaputanga ahumahi, ka tāutahia ngā hononga ine paipa tika ki runga i ngā paipa, i ngā taputapu rānei hei kohikohi me te aroturuki i te pēhanga wai, te pāmahana me ngā tawhā rere. He mea tino nui ēnei tawhā mō te whakahaere me te whakahaere i te tukanga whakaputa, ā, mā te hononga mita paipa tika ka taea te ine tika i ngā tawhā wai mā te hono i te mita me te paipa.
