Kei te mohio koe i te kiriwhera e whai ana i waenganui i ngā paepae o ngā matapihi o tō waka? Koia enei i whakaaetia he kiriwhera o ngā matapihi o te waka! Ka kitea e koe he iti noa iho i te tuatahi, engari ka mahi nui tonu ki te whakarite i tō kōrero hei whakamahere i te pai rawa.
Kua take tonu te whakarite i ngā kauwhanga o te matapihi motokā hei whakamahere i te wai, te one me ērā atu pūhoro kia kaua e kitea i roto i tōu waka. Whakaaro he mea koe e haere ana i te ua me koe ka hiahia kia kaua he kohinga kua tae ki waho, ko tēnā he mea e mahi ai te kauwhanga moana. Ka tohu ia i te reira he mīharo i runga i ngā rekoata o waho, inahea ko ngā motokā e karanga ana ranei ko ngā pūoro nui, e mahi ana hoki hei hoahoa i te roanga o runga i tō motokā. Ki te kore te kauwhanga i whakarite pai ai tana hua, ka noho tō waka i te huarere, i te kōkiri, me he kupu hoki he nui atu ngā rekoata mai i waho. Ko tēnei te take i te mea he tino take te tirotiro me te tiaki i ō kauwhanga moana.
Ka pērā te āhuatanga o te whakaritenga huarere i runga i ngā kura o tō waka, ka riro he rākau e taea ana te whakaputu, ka noho wehi, heoi rānei ka kore rawa, ko te wā i tenei hei whakatakoto anō. Nā tēnei, ka taea e koe te hoko i ngā whakaritenga huarere hou mai i ngā horo wā kei roto i Aotearoa, heoi rānei i te ipurangi. Kia tupuwhenua ki te kawe ake i te whakaritenga tuatahitia o mua, me te whakatakotoria anō. Ka taea tēnei i te ara o te hīkaro iho i a ia ki te kura. I te waehanga o te whakaritenga huarere o mua ka noho kē, ka whakamahia te hokiha i te wāhi tuatahi o te kura, kia pai ai te whakatakotoria o te whakaritenga huarere hou. Mā reira, ka tahuri tonu ki te whakapai i te whakaritenga huarere hou ki tana wāhi, e tirotiro ana kia whakapai, kia mahue ai te kohinga. Ko tēnei he mahi iti noa iho, ka taea e koe te whakahē i ngā nui ake o ngā take i muri iho!
Ngā kaiwhakarite āhuarangi hei whakapai hirahira ngā mahi me te tiaki i tō waka. Ki te kore ngā kaiwhakarite i tō aroaro tono, ka whiwhi mai te wai me ngā whenua ki roto i tō waka, ka noho māmā, ka pēhi i te kōmititanga o te roa. He kino hoki ngā kaiwhakarite āhuarangi e kore nei i tika ai ki tō waka, ka whiwhi mai koe i ngā reo o waho — ka paihere rawa he iti i a koe, ka nui ake hoki te whakamā. He pai rawa tētahi kaiwhakarite pai me te kaiwhakarite āhuarangi tika hei tiaki i tō waka i runga i ngā whiuwhiu, engari ka nui anō hoki i te whakatika i te kōhīnau iti, e pai ana inaianei i te haere.
Ko te whakarite hānui he mea kē i te whakamahinga hei tiaki i to waka, ka taea e ia me whakamahi haumaru atu i a koe. He whakarite hānui te tikanga hei whakatūpato i ngā reo me ngā hāpai whenua nui, hei hanga haere me te rongo pai. Tērā pea he waehanga roa ki runga i tētahi takutai iwi — ko te whakarite hānui pai ka tukuna mai ki a koe te whaiwhai pai me te iti rawa o ngā hainuku e pā ana ki runga i te mōhio ki te ihi. Anō hoki, ka taea e rātou te whakawhanake i te werohanga i roto i tō waka i te wā e piki noa ana ō marau. Ko tēnei e āhei ana kia noho pai anō i ngā rā wera, ki te iti rawa e noho pai ana i ngā rā hū.
Kei te hiahia au ki te tirotiro i a koe pūtake huarere kāwai waka i runga i te wa rerekē ka whakaora koe ētahi wā me te moni mō te tūheke. Ki te whakaaetanga, kaore koe e hoko moni mo ngā whakatika nui nei i te mate wai rānei ko te roa. He mea hoki e whakapakari i te tirohanga pai o tō waka! Heoi anō, ngā matapihi e taea ai te hā ki waho ka whakapai hoki i te mataku o tō kōrero. E hikoia ana e koe he mea nui ki te wā tika hei tirotiro i tō waka me te tirotiro ake i a koe ka ea koe i tō waka mō ētahi tau e rua me te manaaki.