kāwai karutahi tona whakamua mō te hoko
He whakamahi i ngā waka hokohoko tonu mō te kaiwhakarite, he whakaaetanga matihiko me te pūtake iti i runga i ngā hiahia katoa mo te haere. E ai ki te nuinga, e āhei ana enei waka tūmanako ki te whai i te ngohi tūpuhi ki te motokā wehi, ki te rārangi whakatū whakapiki, me te kawe i te takutai whakatupu e āhei ana ki te tirotiro i te 2,000 paoa o ngā taonga kawe. Ka tae mai ngā motokā i ngā pūmotu herehere ki te whakatupu i te kawe i te wehewehe me te pai rawa, ka mahi pai ki te whakatakoto i te hanganga, ki te tahua whenua, me te hanganga maara. Ko ngā momo nuinga e āhei ana ki te whakauru i ngā āhuatanga pūmotu, i ngā rārangi whakatū tūmanako, me ngā whakahaere pūnaha here whakahirahira hei āhei i te mahi pai i raro i ngā taonga wehi. Ka whakauru hoki ngā waka i ngā āhuatanga matatika hou pēnei i ngā kāmara whakamuri, i ngā rārangi tohu matataki, me ngā kauwhau e āhei ana ki te whakapai i te manaaki i a koutou me te haumanu. E āhei ana enei motokā ki te whakatupu pai rawa i te whakawhanake, me te pai noa iho ki ngā horopaki mahi paetae me ngā wāhi noho ōrite. Ki te kuhu atu ki te take hokohoko, ka tae mai ngā whiringa nui i roto i ngā kaiwhakarite matua, e āhei ana ki te whakaratohia i ngā whakaaetanga rerekē me ngā hītori tirotirohanga ki te whakamana i ngā hiahia ā-nui.