Ko te houra konutai (e mōhiotia ana ko te hauwai konutai) he matū ahumahi maha-whakamahinga, ā, he whānui te whakamahinga e whakamahia ana i roto i te whānuitanga o ngā ahumahi tae atu ki ngā kakahu, te penupenu me te pepa, te alumina, te hopi me ngā hopi horoi, te whakamahine hinu me te maimoatanga wai. E rua ngā āhua ā-tinana e hokona ana: te wai (karaka) me te totoka (ngā kongakonga). He māmā ake te kawe i ngā kongakonga houra konutai i ngā tawhiti roa, ā, koinei te hua e pai ana mō te kaweake. Ko te kamupene te tuarua o ngā kaihanga houra konutai nui rawa atu i Inia me te kaha whakaputa ā-tau o te 1 miriona tāne.