E rua ngā mea kei roto i te pouaka mimiti waka, ko tētahi ko te tāke hau mahana, ko tētahi ko te hauhautanga, he wera te wai i roto i te tāke wai waka, ko te rere ki roto i te tāke hau mahana, ko te hau e pupuhihia ana e te pā ko te hau mahana, ā, ina whakatuwherahia e koe te pouaka whakamātao, ka mutu te wai i te tāke hau mahana, ka tīmata te mahi a te hauhautanga, ka tukuna te hauhautanga ki roto i te hauhautanga, ka pupuhihia te hau makariri tūturu.
Ko te pouaka mimiti waka he taputapu whakamahana hauhautanga waka mō te miihini waka me te mīhini whakamahana hauhautanga waka. Ko te mahi a te pouaka mimiti o te hauhautanga waka he huri i te hauhautanga mai i te wai ki te hau (arā, te mimiti), he nui te wera e mimiti ana, kātahi ka ringihia te kohu hauhautanga pāmahana iti me te pēhanga iti ki roto i te pūwero, ā, mā te huringa o te tukanga ka tutuki te whāinga o te pāmahana iti. I te raumati ka whakaratohia he taiao eke whakamarie mō ngā kainoho, ka whakaiti i te kaha ngenge o te taraiwa, ka whakapai ake i te haumaru taraiwa.
