waka ahi pūhā mo te hoko
Ko te waka āwha hauwai i raro i te whakamahinga he waka tākaro hou e hangaia ana ki te tautoko i ngā mahi tākaro pai rawa i ngā wā momo āpōpō. Ko tēnei mea matihiko e kawe ana i te nui o ngā wai, e aki tonu ana i te 1,500 ki te 3,000 gānii, ko ngā pūngao whakawhiti wai e taea ana te whakawhiti i te wai i te rahinga 1,500 gānii ki te meneti. He papa whiu mōrena te papa o te waka, e hangaia nei hei whakarite i ngā huarahi noa iho me ngā ara hoki, ka pai noa rā kia whakamahia mo ngā mahi tākaro hauwai i ngā paetae paipera me ngā paetae waiwairua. Ko ngā raraunga matihiko āhua hōu e tiakina nei i ngā tahataha wai, i ngā mahi pūngao, me ngā tohutohu waka i roto i tētahi uiui whatu matihiko pai rawa. E whakarite ana te waka hauwai i ngā waehanga iti whakawhiti wai, e taea ana te mahi tata ki ngā tūmomo tākaro hauwai e rerekē ana. Ko ngā whakaaetanga haumaru e mau ana i ngā reta ā-wā momo āpōpō, i ngā tāpuke whakaatu, me ngā raraunga karuwhiri hou e hangaia nei mo ngā whakahaere nui. Ka ea te kāpihi i tetahi kaihoea e tuhituhi ana ki te waru kaihoea hauwai, e mau ana i ngā pou kanohi, i te whakauru huringa, me ngā raraunga whakapā mai. Ko ngā poaka whakamahinga e whakatakotoria ana i runga i te waka hei whakarite i ngā tūru hauwai, ngā taputapu, me ngā taonga matua, e whakapai ana i te ahumoetai mahi i ngā wā āpōpō.