He Waka He Tangata
Te Whakatere ā-lwi-Taketake
i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Kitenga whenua
Inā paki te rangi, ka taea te kite i ngā moutere pāpaku mai i te 15 km, ko ngā moutere teitei he tawhiti ake. Ko ngā tohu whenua e taea te kite mai i te 30 km neke atu rānei. Ko ngā momo tohu, ko te kararehe moana, ngā āmai PAPAKUPU āmai - he ngaru, nā ngā hau me ngā āwhā te karekare mai kua kokotihia, ngā kapua me te hīnātore.
Ka whakamahia e te kaiwhakatere ēnei tohu hei whakawhānui ake i te moutere e haerea ana. Ka aro atu ia ki te wāhi 60 km te tāwhā PAPAKUPU tāwhā - te roa mai i tētahi taha o te porowhita ki tētahi , ēngari mō te moutere iti noa iho. Kātahi ka pānuitia ngā tohu whenua. Ko ngā moutere nui ka tūhonotia kia hanga papa moutere, ā, neke atu i kotahi rau kiromita te tawhā.
Mō ia moutere, he rerekē ngā tohu, ka rerekē hoki te pānui a te kaiwhakatere. I te pō, mehemea kāore e āta mōhiotia ana te rohe e te kaiwhakatere, ka tukua iho te rā, ka tatari kia awatea te ū ki te whenua. Ka ū, tērā pea ka tere atu ki roto i te hau me te au.
Kia mutu rānō te haerenga roa, te hī ika roa rānei, he pōwhiri nui ka haere inā hoki pai mai te waka me ngā kawenga kai o runga.
Kaitārai waka, kaiwhakatere o Ngā Kuki Airani Sir Tom Davis (Papa Tom)
Ko te mea whakamiharo rawa o te whakatere, ko te āhei o ngā iwi o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa kia kite i ngā moutere moroiti, kei waenganui o te moana nui, ko te manu anake hei āwhina mai mena kei reira, me te mea hoki, i waenganui rā wera, ao noa, i te ata hoki, ko te kapua puia kei runga o tēnā moutere, o tēnā moutere o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa huri noa te ao.