ngā waka pūhanga paihau whakaputu tawhito mō te hoko
Nō te whakamahere moni, he whakaaetanga pai te whakamahi i ngā waka hokomaha paoro kaiwhakaawe paihikara hei tūtohu āhuatanga mo ngā ratonga whakamarumaru me ngā ratonga whakapai. E hanga ana ēnei waka āhuatanga ki te hanga i ngā pūpūngao nui tūtonu rerekē tonu me ngā poaka nui kapeneheihana, e mahi ana i te tirohanga pai mō te huihui me te haere mai o ngā paihikara roto, paihikara me ngā paihikara parorohaki. He mea tino whakatika ngā tohua whakatika, e whakarite ana i ngā poaka e tata nei i te 1,000 ki te 5,000 gārani, e tautoko ana e ngā pūpūngao matatū nui e taea ana te whakahaere i ngā paihikara roto me ngā paihikara katoa. E tirotiro ana ngā rākau whakawhanake i runga i ngā tikanga taiao, ka whakaiti i te whakapae tuatahi. E hanga ana ēnei waka me ngā pane whakahaere whakariterite, e āhei ana i ngā kaiwhakahaere ki te tirohia ngā tahataha poaka, ngā tirohanga pāpori, me ngā mahi huringa ritorito. Ko te whanaketanga o ēnei waka kei roto i ētahi atu whakamahi, inahea ko te whakahaere paihikara noho maru, te tūnga paihikara, te whakakapi paihikara ā-porihitanga, me ngā mahi whakatika ā-wā. Kei ngā momo hou, e hanga ana i ngā rākau hiorangi hiorangi hei whakawai i ngā wāhi kore kitea, me ngā rākau whakawhanake tonu hei tirotiro i ngā poaka. Ki te tirotiro pai, ka taea e ēnei waka whakahoki, ka whai hua nui i te whakamaharatanga moni i waenganui i ngā āhua hou.