Ko te raka tatau waka tuatahi he raka tatau miihini, he mea whakamahi noa hei ārai i te whakatuwheratanga aunoa o te tatau waka ina puta he aituā, engari he mahi haumaru taraiwa anake, ehara i te mahi ārai tahae. I te whanaketanga o te hapori, te whanaketanga o te pūtaiao me te hangarau, me te piki haere tonu o te mana o ngā waka, kua whakauruhia ngā tatau o ngā waka me ngā taraka i hangaia i muri mai ki te raka tatau me te kī. Ko tēnei raka tatau anake te mea e whakahaere ana i te tatau, ā, ko ētahi atu tatau ka whakatuwheratia, ka rakahia rānei e te pātene raka tatau kei roto i te waka. Hei whakapai ake i te mahi ārai tahae, ko ētahi waka he raka urungi. Ka whakamahia te raka urungi hei raka i te kakau urungi o te waka. Kei raro i te mata urungi te raka urungi, e whakahaerehia ana e te kī. Arā, i muri i te tapahi a te raka mura i te ara iahiko mura hei whakaweto i te miihini, ka hurihia te kī mura ki maui ki te tūranga here, ā, ka toro atu te arero raka ki roto i te mokowā kakau urungi hei raka miihini i te kakau urungi o te waka. Ahakoa ka whakatuwherahia te tatau e tetahi, ka tīmata i te mīhini, ka raka tonu te urungi, ā, kāore e taea te huri, nō reira kāore e taea te haere atu, ā, ka mahi i te mahi ārai-tahae. Ko ētahi waka he mea hanga, he mea hanga hoki kāore he raka urungi, engari ka whakamahia tētahi atu mea e kiia nei ko te raka tokotoko hei raka i te urungi, kia kore ai e taea e te urungi te huri, ka taea hoki te mahi i te mahi ārai-tahae.
Ka whakamahia te pana pūwāhi hei whakakā, hei whakaweto rānei i te ara iahiko whakakā o te mīhini, e ai ki te kī hei whakatuwhera i te raka, engari he mahi anō hoki tāna hei ārai i te tahae.
