He aha te mahi a ngā rama waka mō te awatea? He aha ngā painga o te whai rama awatea?
Ehara i te mea he whakapaipai anake ngā rama rere awatea o ngā motuka, engari he whakatūpato anō hoki. Mā ngā rama rere awatea ka tino pai ake te tirohanga a ētahi atu kaiwhakamahi rori ki ngā waka. Ko te painga, mā te waka e mau ana ngā rama rere awatea ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi rori, tae atu ki ngā kaihaerere, ngā kaieke paihikara me ngā kaitaraiwa, te kite me te tautuhi wawe i ngā waka.
I Ūropi, he mea whakahau ngā rama e rere ana i te awatea, ā, me whai rama e rere ana i te awatea ngā waka katoa. E ai ki ngā raraunga, ka taea e ngā rama e rere ana i te awatea te whakaiti i te 12.4% o ngā aituā waka me te 26.4% o ngā matenga i ngā aituā waka. Ina koa i ngā rā kapua, i ngā rā kohu, i ngā karāti me ngā kauhanga raro whenua, he mahi nui tā ngā rama e rere ana i te awatea.
I tīmata anō a Haina ki te whakatinana i te paerewa ā-motu "te mahi tohatoha rama o ngā rama rere awatea waka" i whakaputaina i te 6 o Poutū-te-rangi, 2009 mai i te 1 o Hānuere, 2010, arā, kua noho ngā rama rere awatea hei paerewa mō ngā waka i Haina.