Ko ngā wāhanga tukutuku ake he wāhanga matua o te punaha o tōu waka. Kātahi ka mahi ngā wāhanga e whai ana kia wātea ai te wāka ka haere tonu ai korekau he hiahiatia e te kaitakai te whakarereke i ngā āpiti. Nō reira, me pēhea tā rātou mahi me te hunga i hangaia ai – tāturi ai mātou ki te tātai o ēnei wāhanga.
He pūpuri wāhanga rātou e whakapāngia ana e rātou ngā wāhanga e noho ana ki te tawhā, ka hōu ai te waka. Ko ngā wāhanga e whai ana ko ngā niho, ko ngā kōpā, ko ngā aho ārai, ko ngā kaihuri kaha. Mā ngā niho e āki ai te waka kia haere i ngā tere rerekē, i te wā e āwhina ana i ngā kōpā me ngā aho ārai i te aha i ngā niho e taea ai te waka. Ko te kaihuri kaha te kaiwhakauru i te kaha mai i te mōhinu ki te tukutuku.
Ko ēnei wāhanga e mahi tahi ana ki te whakaputangia te whakangāhau i te tautohenga ake. Me pēhi koe i te karu pāpaku kāwhe ina te mōhini e whakaputangia te kaha ki te tautohenga. Ko te kawenga kaha e nui ake, te iti i te kaha i mua i te eke atu ki ngā niho. Ngā niho ka tūhono, ka whakauru kia eke ai te waka ki mua, ki muri rānei.
He whakangāhau tautohenga ake he wāhanga e waru. Ko te wai tautohenga e whakakaha i ngā wāhanga kia māmā te neke. Ko te kōpae rere wai e whakarahi i te rere o te wai tautohenga. Ko te kauta hoki kia tiakina ai te horoi o te wai. Ko ngā rerehua hoki e āwhina ana i te whakahaere i ngā niho.
Kāore koe e hinga ki te whawhai ki ōu pātī tuku ake kia kaha ai te whakahaere. Mā te whai mātāpuna noa i te wai transmission, me whakakapi i te wā e hiahiatia ana. Me whai mātātoko hoki te whakamātau ake e tētahi tohunga, me te whai mōhio ki ngā take i te tīmatanga. Ina hiahiatia ana kia whakakapi i tētahi mea, whakamahia ngā pātī pai rawa kia tāroa ai i ō whakatinanatanga motukai i muri mai!
Ka taea e koe te whakapai ake i ō pātī tuku mēnā kei te rapu koe i te whakapai ake i te mahi a ōu waka. Ka taea e ngā pātī pai e whakamāmātia te nekehanga o ōu waka, me te tere ake hoki. Ka taea hoki e rātou te whakaroa i te ora o ōu waka. Tangohia te wā kia kōrero ki tētahi tohunga, ki tētahi mātanga rānei kia mōhio ai i ngā pātī tuku e pai ana mō ōu waka.
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