puhikai hīrau me te pūtē
He rākau hī ika me te waka tōnū he whakatauira matihiko mō te whakahaere whenua, e whakarite ana kia whai kaitiakitanga i ngā taumata nui e tū mai nei i waenga i ētahi atu wāhi mahi pakihi. Nā ēnei waka toa ka whakapakari i ngā āhuatanga hī ika nui me ngā whakatakotoranga waka tōnū, e āwhina ana ki te kuhu tonu o ngā taonga, ngā whakatatū, me ngā whenua. Ko te rākau hī ika o nāianei kei roto i te hanga matihiko, ko ngā kaiwhakahaere āhua me ngā raraunga haumaru whakamahora, me ngā momo hanga kaha mō te whakahaere o te kiritaki. Ko tana hanga iti e pai ai te whakawhanake i ngā wāhi iti, ahakoa te wehewehe o tana āhuatanga kawe nui. Ko ngā momo rākau hī ika e pāngia ana i te hiko e rere ana, ka noho haumaru ā-wao-nui, me te itinga rekoata iti, e pai ai hei whakamahi i roto i ngā whare me ngā wāhi waho anō. E āhatia ana ēnei rākau i ngā mōhiohio pūmanawa, pērā i te whakaiti haere ake i te āheinga i runga i ngā huri, ngā kaiwhakatupu takitahi, me ngā raraunga whakahaere pari moemoeā. Ka hanga ngā waka tōnū e kitea nei i ngā mētauranga whakarite, e whakaae ana ki te kuhu ki te tūmomo kaiwhakahaere me ngā whakatakotoranga kaiwhakahaere. Ko te hanga whakariterite o te rākau e āwhina ana i ngā pakihi ki te whakarite i ō rātau whakahaere whenua, i runga i ngā hiahia ā-ture, pērā i ngā tuhituhi hanga, ngā wāhi whirinaki, ngā wharepaku, rānei ko ngā marae whakawehi.
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