Ka kohia mai te hiako o te rākau tutu, o te makomako, o te hīnau rānei. Ka paopaotia kia puta ai te wai o roto. Ka kōhuatia ngā maramara hiako nei me ngā whā kiekie, ā, ka waiho ai mō tētahi wā. Ka kīia tēnei wai, ko te waitumu, ko te tūmau kano rānei, inā koia tāna mahi, he whakapūmau i te tae ki roto i ngā weu o te kiekie (RTA 2014:173). / The bark of the tutu, wineberry or hīnau trees is gathered. It is beaten so that the juice in it emerges. These pieces of bark are boiled with the kiekie leaves and left for a time. This liquid is called the waitumu or the tūmau kano (mordant) because that's its purpose, to fix the dye in the fibres of the kiekie leaves.

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