Ngā painga o te whakamahi i te onepu tae māori mō ngā papa takaro: He iti te utu o te onepu tae. Ko te onepu tae māori te mea e whiriwhiria ana ko te onepu tae porowhita, nā te mea he pai te utu o te onepu tae porowhita, he maeneene ngā taha, ā, kāore he taha koi, kia iti ake ai te tūponotanga ka pā kino ki ngā tamariki. He parakore, he ataahua, he huatau hoki te tae o te onepu tae māori.
Ko te onepu tae tūturu he mea hanga mai i ngā konganuku tae me ngā konganuku kua oti te hanga pērā i te māpere me te karāneti, he mea whiriwhiri hangai, he mea huri, he mea whakakanapa, he mea tukatuka, he mea tākai, me ētahi atu. He tae tūturu, kāore he tae, kāore he paitini, kāore he kakara, kāore he parahanga, kāore he waikura, kāore he ātete ki te waikawa me te kawakore, kāore e pāngia e te rā, ā, kāore e rerekē te tae.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te onepu tae māori hei peita kōhatu tūturu, hei whakapaipai whare, hei whakakotahitanga terrazzo, hei peita onepu tae, me ētahi atu. Ka taea te whakamahi i te onepu tae māori hei hanga māpere, taera papa, taera whakaahua, me ngā taputapu horoi whakapaipai, me ngā painga o te kanapa, te maeneene, te pakari, me te ātete ki te kakahu.
Ko ngā paninga peita matatau i hangaia ki te onepu tae tūturu, ngā peita kōhatu pakitara o roto, o waho hoki, ngā whakairo, me ētahi atu hua kua oti, he āhuatanga pēnei i te ātete ki te kakahu, te ārai wai, te ātete ki te waikura, te kore paitini, te piri kaha, te whakaaro toi ataahua, ngā tae ngawari, me te kaha o te māramatanga toru-ahu. He whānuitia te whakamahinga o ēnei i roto i te hangarau hanga, te whakapaipai o roto, ngā whakairo, me ētahi atu.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te onepu tae ki roto i te peita kōhatu tūturu, he momo peita kōhatu rūpahu anō hoki. Ko te peita kōhatu rūpahu e pā ana ki tētahi paninga e whakaata ana i te pānga whakapaipai o te kōhatu, ko te peita kōhatu tūturu ia e pā ana ki tētahi momo peita kōhatu rūpahu kei roto ko te onepu kōhatu tūturu, me ngā pānga whakapaipai rite tonu. Ko te onepu tae e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā rauemi hanga, pērā i ngā taera uku tae e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā whare, ngā kiriuhi ārai wai SBS kua whakarerekētia o te momo schist, ngā papa epoxy tae, te peita kōhatu tūturu, me ngā papa onepū.