tāke pūhā huka whakamutu
Nō te hoko i ngā waka ahi whakamahana, he whakatauahi kētangatanga hei tūtohu i te whakaeke i te moni mō ngā tari ahi, ngā paipai hapori, me ngā whare wāhi mahi e hiahia ana ki ngā rautaki ahi pono. Nā te whakapakiri ā-moana me ngā rara paihiki whakamua e whai ake nei ngā waka, ka whai i ngā pūmanawa moana e āhei ana i te 1,000 ki te 4,000 gārani. Ka tirotiro pūkengi me te tirotiro taumata kia kitea ai ngā take matua katoa i runga i ngā ture haumaru, i mua ka tuku hei hoko. Ko ngā waka ahi whakamahana o nāianei kei te noho me ngā whakaaetanga hou o te ao, e āhei ana i ngā whakahaere puaka me ngā rara paihiki arohaehae, me ngā rara paihiki wai whakawhanake. E āhei ana ngā waka nei ki waenga rerekē, mai i ngā whakahaere ahi matua ki te tautoko i te wai mō ngā wā e kore e taea te whakamahi i ngā pūwai wai. He rerekē ngā hangarau kaiwhakaaro, mai i ngā hangarau horihori iwi ki ngā hangarau tūmatanui, ka tuku i te whirinaki ki ngā momo whenua rerekē me ngā take whakahaere. Kei roto i ēnei waka whakamahana ētahi atamai i te whakamahana wai, ka whai i te whakamutu i te koromiko me te whakaiti i te mana o te waka, ka whai oranga motuhake i te whakamahana pūoro me te whakamahi. Ka whai ngā rara paihiki i waenganui i te 500 ki te 1,500 gārani ki te meneti, ka whai pai rawa i ngā wā e whakahaere ana i ngā take ahi ki ngā wāherenga ā-tāone me ngā wāherenga ā-wai. Kei roto i ēnei waka ko ngā rākau whakauru atu hoki hei whakamahi i ngā rautaki ahi matua, ngā rautaki whakamahana tangata, me ngā rautaki whakahaere ā-mea hauora, ka whakapakari i tō rātau whakamahi i waenga i ngā take ā-mokemoke.