waka hokohoko roroa
Ko te waka pūhā hīkoi roa he waka tāonga whai take rōpū motuhake, i hangaia hei whakatiki i ngā taonga māori me kore haere i te whakamanawa me te whakamahi pai. Kei tēnei āhuatanga whakatiki, ko te waewae pūmanawa ki tētahi pūhā porowhita, i hangaia hei whakahaere i ngā momo māori e rima ana mai i ngā raranga pūnui ki ngā māori kai kai-tauwhiro. Ko ngā whiuwhiu tiaki haere hou kei roto i te waka o nāianei, ina whakamahia ai ngā raraunga whakawhiuwhiu matihiko, ngā hunga whakataki kore-kaupapa, me ngā mōhiohio whakatakotoranga wehewehe mō ngā taonga whakamārama. Kua hangaia ngā waka nei i runga i te toko rangatira inox taiarahia rānei, rānei ko te aliminium, me ngā kōmuri maha ka taea te whakarite i ngā momo māori katoa tae atu ki te wā. Ko te hanga o te pūhā, ko ngā pūkeke kei roto ia hei whakaiti i te whiu māori i te wā o te hīkoi, kia noho whakapono tonu te whakahaere i te wā e kore rawa i te whakapakari. Ko ngā hāpai māori hou kei reira hei tautoko i ngā mahi whakapakari me ngā mahi whakapiri, ahakoa ngā mōhiohio whakahaere hou ka tuku mai i te raraunga matihiko i ngā āhuatanga taonga, te uruwhenua, me ngā rārangi paoro. E toru tau ngā kapeneiti o ēnei waka, e whai ana i te 5,000 ki te 11,000 gārani, e hāngai ana ki te whakatakotoranga me ngā tikanga ture.