Mai i te mutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1960 me te tīmatanga o te tekau tau atu i 1970, kua whakakapia te nuinga o ngā pūnaha whakaahua rangi tuku iho e ngā pūnaha pūoko hiko-whatu me te hikohiko rererangi me te rererangi. Ahakoa e mahi ana te whakaahua rangi tuku iho i roto i te roangaru mārama-kitea, ka whakaputahia e ngā pūnaha pūoko mamao rererangi me te whenua hou ngā raraunga matihiko e kapi ana i te mārama kitea, te pūwhero whakaata, te pūwhero wera, me ngā rohe hihi ngaruiti. He whai hua tonu ngā tikanga whakamārama tirohanga tuku iho i roto i te whakaahua rangi. Heoi anō, he whānui ake ngā tono o te pūoko mamao, tae atu ki ngā mahi tāpiri pēnei i te whakatauira ariā o ngā āhuatanga ūnga, ngā ine hihi o ngā mea, me te tātari whakaahua matihiko mō te tango mōhiohio.
Ko te pūoko mamao, e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o ngā tikanga kimi tawhiti kore-pā, he tikanga e whakamahi ana i te hiko aukume hei kimi, hei tuhi me te ine i ngā āhuatanga o tētahi ūnga, ā, i tuatahitia te whakamāramatanga i te tekau tau atu i 1950. Mō te mara o te pūoko mamao me te mahere, e rua ngā momo pūoko: te pūoko hohe me te pūoko kore, ā, he pūoko hohe te pūoko Lidar, ka taea te whakamahi i tōna ake pūngao hei tuku mārama ki te ūnga me te kimi i te mārama e whakaatahia ana mai i a ia.