He aha te take i pakaru ai te ārai tatau o te waka?
He ngāwari ake te whakawhāiti tatau ki te kakahu me te ngenge o te konganuku, nō reira he ngāwari te pakaru o te whakawhāiti tatau, ka puta he tangi rerekē ki te tatau o te motuka, ka taea te whakaiti mā te tāpiri hinu, ki te kore te huihuinga e tū ana, me whakakapi te whakawhāiti tatau. Ka taea e te tatau o te motuka te whakaiti i te pānga taha ki tētahi taumata, ā, ka taea te uru atu ki te waka mō ngā kainoho, nō reira me whai tohu taketake te kounga o te tatau, te mahi ārai-tukituki me te mahi hiri. Ko ngā tatau pai ka tāutahia ki ngā kurupae ārai-tukituki e rua, he taumaha ngā kurupae ārai-tukituki, nō reira he taumaha te taumaha o ngā tatau kounga pai. E ai ki te maha o ngā tatau rerekē, ka taea te wehewehe i ngā tauira motuka ki ngā tatau e rua, ngā tatau e toru, ngā tatau e whā, ngā tatau e rima, e ai ki te kaupapa o te motuka me te watea o ngā pāhihi ki runga, ki raro hoki, ka whakahaerehia te whakatuwheratanga o te tatau i te 70 nekehanga.
