Mō te mahi tapahi māmā rawa atu, ko te mahi hiri o te takirere i roto i te mīhini he ārai i te turuturu o te reo, i te aukati rānei i ngā matū o waho ki te tomo ki roto i te hononga i waenganui i ngā wāhanga o te kōhao kei reira te takirere. Ko te kara me ngā wāhanga e mahi ana i te mahi hiri ka kiia he hiri, he hanganga hiri rānei, e kiia ana he hiri. Ko ngā mata e pā ana ki ngā hiri, e mahi ana i te mahi hiri ka kiia he mata hiri.

Ko te mata hiri o te takirere te wāhanga matua o te takirere, ā, ko ōna momo turuturu ka taea te wehewehe ki ēnei momo, arā, ko te turuturu o te mata hiri, te turuturu o te hononga mowhiti hiri, te turuturu o te wāhanga hiri e taka ana, me te turuturu o ngā mea ke e piri ana ki waenganui i ngā mata hiri. Ko tētahi o ngā takirere e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā paipa me ngā taputapu ko te tapahi i te rere o te reo. Nō reira, ko tōna piri te mea matua hei whakatau mēnā ka puta he turuturu o roto. Ko te mata hiri o te takirere he mea tito i te takirua o ngā takirua hiri, tētahi i runga i te tinana takirere, tētahi i runga i te kōpae takirere.