Ko te mīhini horoi taiaho, e mōhiotia ana ko te horoi taiaho, ko te pūnaha horoi taiaho rānei, he taputapu matatau e whakamahi ana i te hihi taiaho kiato-kaha hei whakatutuki i te horoinga pai, ātaahua, me te hohonu. E paingia ana mō tōna pai o te horoi me te mahi taiao. Kua hangaia tēnei taputapu mō te maimoatanga mata mahi-teitei. I te whakakotahitanga me te hangarau taiaho hou, ka taea e ia te tango tere me te tika i te waikura, te peita, ngā waikura, te paru me ētahi atu poke mata, me te whakarite kia kore te mata o te papa e pakaru, kia mau tonu tōna āhua taketake me tōna whakaotinga.
Ehara i te mea he iti noa, he māmā hoki te hoahoa o te mīhini horoi taiaho, engari he tino ngāwari hoki te kawe, he mea watea mō ngā kaiwhakamahi ki te whakahaere, ā, ka taea te horoi i ngā koki mate ahakoa i runga i ngā mata uaua, i ngā wāhi uaua rānei ki te tae atu. Kua whakaatuhia e te taputapu he uara tono pai rawa atu i roto i ngā mara maha pēnei i te hanga, te umanga motuka, te hanga kaipuke, te rererangi, me te hanga hiko.