Waka

Mō mua o te haerenga, me pai te haere o te waka. Me whiwhi utauta anō kei tūpono ohorere – arā, he rākau (hei whakatika i te tira whati), he rā whara anō, he taura, he hoe anō, me te wai kuru, he raima kua tahuna ki te ahi hoki hei puru i ngā whārua o te waka .. kia kaua hoki e warewaretia te pōtae whara hei whakamarumaru mai i te rā me te ua! He toimaha anō ēnei mea katoa ka pā mai ki te tere o te waka, nō reira ko ngā mea matua anahe ka haria. Ka āta whakaputua kia noho tautika ai te waka. Ko ētahi mea ka herea ki te takere. Ki te tūpoki te waka i te āwhā, ka kore ēnei mea e ngaro. E taea ana e ngā kaiwhakatere me ngā kaumoana te whakatika i ngā wāhanga o te waka i a rātou e haereere ana.

Ko ngā waka nunui ngā mea pai mō ngā haerenga tawhiti. Ki runga i ngā waka ama o Hatawara he epep (papa) me tētahi aimweim (whare) iti o runga kia noho maroke ai ngā tāngata me ngā utauta. I Hawai’i me ētahi atu moutere o Poronīhia, he nui ake te papa kei waenga i ngā takere o ngā waka hourua, hei kawe tangata, kararehe, kai me ngā maha ake.

Kaiwhakatere o Hatawara Jerome Rakilur
Nō muri mai o aku akoranga i ngā whetū, ka ako hoki ahau ki te pwang – te whakatika waka ki tai. He akoranga nui tēnei inā pakaru taku waka. Ka taea e au te whakatika i taku waka me te hoki ki uta.

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