Ko te waea ātete he waea e hangaia ana hei hanga ātete hiko (e whakamahia ana hei whakahaere i te nui o te iahiko i roto i te ara iahiko). He pai ake mēnā he teitei te ātete o te koranu e whakamahia ana, nā te mea ka taea te whakamahi i tētahi waea poto ake. I roto i te maha o ngā āhuatanga, ko te pumau o te ātete te mea nui rawa atu, nō reira, he nui te wāhi o te tauwehenga pāmahana ātete me te ātete waikura o te koranu ki te kōwhiringa rauemi.

Ina whakamahia te waea ātete mō ngā wāhanga whakamahana (i roto i ngā whakamahana hiko, i ngā tōstare, me ērā atu mea pera), he mea nui te ātete teitei me te ātete waikura.

I ētahi wā ka whakamahanatia te waea ātete ki te paura uku, ā, ka hipokina ki roto i tētahi ngongo i hangaia ki tētahi atu koranu. Ka whakamahia ēnei momo whakamahana i roto i ngā oumu hiko me ngā whakamahana wai, me ngā āhua motuhake mō ngā papa tunu kai.
Ko te taura waea he maha ngā aho waea whakarewa kua mirohia hei porowhita e hanga ana i tētahi "taura" honohono, i roto i tētahi tauira e mōhiotia ana ko te "taura whakatakotoria". Ko te taura waea nui ake te whānui he maha ngā aho o taua taura whakatakotoria i roto i tētahi tauira e mōhiotia ana ko te "taurawhakatakotoria”.

Ko ngā waea rino mō ngā taura waea he mea hanga ki te rino waro kore-koranu, ā, kei roto i te 0.4 ki te 0.95% te nui o te waro. Nā te kaha rawa o ngā waea taura, ka taea e ngā taura waea te tautoko i ngā kaha kume nui, me te rere i runga i ngā paihere he iti te diameter.

I roto i ngā aho e kiia nei ko ngā aho whakawhiti-whakatakoto, ka whiti ngā waea o ngā paparanga rerekē tetahi ki tetahi. I roto i ngā aho whakawhiti-whakarara e whakamahia whānuitia ana, he ōrite te roa o te whakatakotoranga o ngā paparanga waea katoa, ā, he whakarara ngā waea o ngā paparanga e rua e taupatupatu ana, ka puta he hononga rārangi. Ka tautokona te waea o te paparanga o waho e ngā waea e rua o te paparanga o roto. He tata ēnei waea i te roanga katoa o te aho. Ka hangaia ngā aho whakawhiti-whakatakoto i roto i te mahi kotahi. He nui ake te manawanui o ngā taura waea me tēnei momo aho i ērā (he onge te whakamahinga) me ngā aho whakawhiti-whakatakoto. Ko ngā aho whakawhiti-whakatakoto me ngā paparanga waea e rua he hanganga Filler, Seale, Warrington rānei.

Ko te tikanga, he miro porowhita ngā taura porowhita nā te mea he huinga paparanga waea kei runga i te pokapū, me te iti rawa kia kotahi te paparanga waea e whakatakotoria ana ki te taha ke atu i te paparanga o waho. Ka taea te ine i ngā taura porowhita kia kore ai e hurihuri, ko te tikanga i raro i te taumahatanga he tata kore te taipana taura. Ko te taura porowhita tuwhera he waea porowhita anake. Ko te taura porowhita haurua-raka me te taura porowhita raka-katoa he pokapū tonu kei te hangaia ki ngā waea porowhita. Ko ngā taura porowhita raka he paparanga o waho kotahi, neke atu rānei, o ngā waea kōtaha. He painga tō rātou ko tōna hanganga ka ārai i te urunga o te paru me te wai ki te whānuitanga nui ake, ā, ka tiaki hoki i a rātou mai i te ngaronga o te hinu whakahinuhinu. Hei tāpiri, he painga nui anō tō rātou nā te mea kāore e taea e ngā pito o te waea o waho whati te wehe atu i te taura mena he tika ngā ine.
Ko te waea aho he mea tito mai i ētahi waea iti kua herea, kua takai tahitia rānei hei hanga i tētahi ara iahiko nui ake. He ngāwari ake te waea aho i te waea totoka he rite te horahanga whakawhiti katoa. Ka whakamahia te waea aho ina hiahiatia he ātete teitei ake ki te ngenge o te konganuku. Kei roto i ēnei āhuatanga ko ngā hononga i waenga i ngā papa hiko i roto i ngā taputapu papa hiko maha-tā, i reira ka nui rawa te ahotea o te waea totoka nā te nekehanga i te wā e huihui ana, e mahi ana rānei; ngā taura raina AC mō ngā taputapu; ngā taonga puorotauras; ngā taura kiore rorohiko; ngā taura hiko whakarewa; ngā taura whakahaere e hono ana i ngā wāhanga mīhini neke; ngā taura mīhini keri; ngā taura mīhini whai; me te tini ke atu.