te kāwai tū
Ko te waka ahi, e mōhio hoki hei waka ahi rānei, he waka āhua matua hei whakamahi i ngā mahi kawe ahi me ngā tūranga nui. Nā te hanga pūkaha hou me ngā whatu kawe ahi matua ka hanga i ēnei mīhini whakawāhi, ka noho marae kaiwhakahaere kaiwaka i te wā o ngā āheinga. Kei roto i ngā waka ahi ā-tūranga hou, ngā wāhi wai nui, e huringa ana i te 500-1500 gēnki, i tōna waehanga ki ngā pūpūngapunga wai nui e taea ana te whakatuku wai i runga i te 1500 gēnki i te meneti. E āheitia ana ngā waka nei i ngā whakarara rākau katoa, ā, ko ngā rara rangitoto e taea ana te whakapiri ki te 100 taepa, hei whakangungu i te whakawāhi i ngā whare tuatoru me ngā mahi nui. Kei roto i ngā waka hoki ngā ratonga kōrero ā-wā kaiwhakatutuki, ngā kāmira whakaaturanga urupa, me ngā ratonga GPS hura huarahi hou, hei whakangungu i ngā wā e hiahia ana ki te whakahoki, me te whakahaere āheinga pai. E āhei ana ngā waka ahi ki te kawe i te rapanga nui o ngā whatu tika, e hiahiatia ana ngā whatu whakamahia i te whakawāhi, ngā pūkupu hāpai, ngā pūtomo hā, ngā pūtau ahi, me ngā tohu mate. Ko te hohipera e whakaae ana ki te haumaru o te kaiwhakahaere me te pai o te mahi, e kite ana i ngā kōpaki whakapiki, ngā kauwhata pai, me ngā ratonga whakangungu motuhake hei whakamana i te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga katoa.