waka whakatō iti
Ko te waka pūhāiti he whakatau ake me te whai hua pai mō ngā hiahia whirihoranga wai i raro i ētahi whenua toitū. E hanga ana ēnei waka iti i te whanonga tere o ngā waka iti me te mahi tino taketake o ngā nui pūhāiti, whakamana i a rātou hei taea i ngā mahi ki roto i ngā paetae paipera me ngā waewae iti. Nō reira, e kore nei e puta i te 1,000 ki te 4,000 gaarona te whatitiri, ko ēnei waka e āhei ana ki te whakatū mai i te whakapapa pai me ngā pūhāiti inox rīhi rānei, ā, e tūhono ana ki ngā raraunga pumau tawhito me ngā raraunga matika. Ko ngā waka e āhei ana ki te whakauru i ngā whakaaetanga haumaru, ā, ko ngā pūtau tirohanga ā-wāhi ā-tawāhi, ko ngā pūtau whakamutu ā-mokemoke, me ngā raraunga tataki hōputu ā-ipurangi hei tiaki i te kawe haumaru o ngā momo wai e rerekē nei. Ko tō rātou hanga ka whakawhanake i ngā pūhāiti whakarite, e taea ana te kawe i ētahi wai e rerekē ana, ahakoa kua whakatakotoria te mana o te mahi. Ko ngā waka pūhāiti iti hou e āhei ana ki te whakamahi i te whakauru GPS, i ngā raraunga matika huringa, me ngā raraunga whakatupu ā-pūnaha, ā, e taea ana te tirohia i te wā e tū ana, me te whakahaere pai i ngā tuku. Ka whakaae ēnei waka ki ngā ture haumaru o te ao me ngā ture taiao, ā, e āhei ana ki te whakamahi i ngā purengi kotahi me ngā raraunga whakaiti hūnga. Ko ngā whakamahi o rātou e wāwāhi ana i te tuku uku, te kawe wai, te tuku āhua, me ngā ratonga māra, ā, ka noho tino whai hua hei taonga mo ngā pakihi e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere pai i ngā rautaki whirihoranga wai.