Ko te konutai whanariki, he matū kore-waro e mōhiotia ana ko te kawakawa kakara, te houra kakara, te kawakawa kōwhai, te kawakawa whanariki rānei, he paura tioata kore tae i tōna āhua parakore. He tino waikura, he ngāwari hoki te wairewa ki te wai, ka puta he otinga wai e whakaatu ana i ngā āhuatanga kawakawa kaha. Ka taea e te pā ki te kiri, ki te makawe rānei te wera, nō reira tōna ingoa noa ko te "kawakawa whanariki." Ina pā ki te hau, ka āta waikura te otinga wai o te konutai whanariki hei hanga i te konutai thiosulfate, te konutai whanariki, te konutai whanariki, me te konutai polysulfide. I roto i ēnei, ka tere ake te whakaputanga o te konutai thiosulfate, ka waiho koia te hua waikura matua. He ngāwari hoki te konutai whanariki ki te memeha me te waro i te hau, ka arahi ki te pirau me te tuku tonu o te hau hauwai whanariki. He maha ngā wā kei roto i te konutai whanariki ā-ahumahi ngā poke, ka puta he atarangi pēnei i te māwhero, te parauri-whero, te parauri-kōwhai rānei. Ka rerekē pea te taumaha motuhake, te ira rewa, me te ira kohua o te matū nā te awe o ēnei poke.

Kei te konutai whanariki te tiwhikete tuatoru a te SGS, te tiwhikete taumata ahumahi, ā, kua paahitia te tiwhikete pūnaha kounga o te ao ISO me te tiwhikete hanganga ture REACH.