waka ahi mīhini moe
Nā runga i ngā waka āwhā mō te hoko e whai ana i ngā waka āwhā matua hei tūranga whakatau kēmu mō ngā mahi whakaeke haere, ka hangaia hei whakawhitiwātē i ngā pūnui wai ki ngā whenua āwhā, inaianei i ngā wāhi kei reira kāore ngā waiporoporo rānei, ko te itinga he iti. Nā ngā waka āwhā nui nei e whakapakari ana i te hanganga me te hanga hou o ngā momo whakatau kēmu, e mau ana i ngā takoto wai nui, e whai ake ana i te 1,000 ki te 4,000 gārani. Ko ngā waka āwhā hou e hāngai ana i ngā reta pumamu hōu e taea ana te whakawini i te wai mai i ngā puna wai tūpuna, me te whakawātea i a ia i ngā paetaha tohu rerekē hei whakarite i ngā wāhanga whakatau kēmu rerekē. E mau ana ngā waka i ngā reta pūmau hōu, i ngā puapua tae atu, me ngā pūtanga tae atu, me ngā mīhini tae noa ki te tuku wai mō te taimatatanga. Ka whakamana ngā hanga tākaro ki te ara huarahi me te tūmanako, e whakamahi ana i ngā reta hāpai hawaiki hei whakarite i te taurite i te wā e kawe ana i ngā pūnui wai nui. Kei ngā waka āwhā ēnei ngā reta tūmomo hōu e tuku ana i ngā raraunga tūroa i te waenga wai, i te mahi o te pūmu, me ngā tūtohetanga o te waka. Heoi anō, e mau ana ngā waka nei i ngā kōti tino whakatakoto mō te whakamahinga i ngā momo whakatau kēmu matua, i ngā taputapu whakahoki, me ngā taonga mō te mate urutā. Kei te whakapakari i te hanga o ēnei waka ki te whakawhanake me te whakarite, me te whakatakoto tika o ngā kauwhata me ngā taonga kia taea ai te whakaeke tūponotia i ngā wāhanga whakaeke.
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