Te Whakatikatika me te Tīmata

Puta noa te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ko te waka te whaea o ngā tāngata haere moana ā ko te kaiwhakatere te pāpā. I mua i te wehenga ko tā te kaiwhakatere he whakatau:
• kei te pai te haere o te waka
• kua rahi ngā kai me te wai
• e tika ana te wā wehe.
He tokomaha te hunga āwhina i ēnei momo whakaritenga.

E mōhio ana te kaiwhakatere waka ki ngā huarahi o te moana nui. Mō ngā rā o mua tata o te haerenga, ka āta whakaarohia te huarahi e whāia ai. E mōhio ana ia ki ngā whetū katoa o taua huarahi, ngā momo huarere ka kitea e ia, me ngā huarahi ohorere PAPAKUPU ohorere - tūpono mai ana tētahi huarere rerekē, he huarahi anō hei whai mā te waka ki te whakakōtitihia te waka e ngā au e ngā hau rānei.

Ki te nuinga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, pēnei me Hatawara, me whai e ngā kaiwhakatere ngā kawa PAPAKUPU kawa - tapu, tikanga, karakia i mua i te haerenga, pēnei i te kore mahi ai, te kai rānei i ngā kai i whakaritea māna anake. Ko tāna anō he whai i ngā kawa PAPAKUPU kawa - tapu, tikanga, karakia whakamaru i te waka kia kaua e pāngia e te kino. E kīia ana kei ētahi kaiwhakatere he mana anō o runga o te taiao, o te huarere hoki.

Tohunga Tārai Waka Hekenukumaingaiwi Puhipi: Ka hakatikatika i te waka nei ka hakaaro anō mātou tētahi haere i te tau 1995, ka pātai mai tētahi o ngā tohunga o Ra'iatea, e pai rānei mātou te hiki i tētahi tapu i pānga atu ki reira e ō tāua tūpuna e hia rau tau ki muri. Ko te rapu i te whanaungatanga i waenganui i a tātou whanaunga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. He mea tika anō, me hakaae au i te mahi, i te hiki i te tapu nei. I hakaaro au, waiho atu ngā āhuatanga o mua ki reira. Mā te kaumātua nei a Te Ao Peehi, māna ngā karakia nei. Kore au e wareware i taua rā. E rongo ana au i a mātou e karapotihia ana e ō tātou tūpuna.