He aha te whakatuwheratanga me te kati o te waka
I te nuinga o te wā, e whā ngā wāhanga o tētahi motuka: te miihini, te anga, te tinana me ngā taputapu hiko.
He mīhini ko tana mahi he tahu i te wahie e whāngaihia ana ki roto hei whakaputa hiko. Ko te nuinga o ngā waka e whakamahi ana i te mīhini tahunga ā-roto momo mono, e titoa ana i te nuinga o te wā ko te tinana, te pūnaha hononga crank rod, te pūnaha takirere, te pūnaha tuku, te pūnaha whakamatao, te pūnaha whakahinuhinu, te pūnaha mura (mīhini penehīni), te pūnaha tīmatanga me ētahi atu wāhanga.
Ko te anga, e whiwhi ana i te mana o te miihini, e hanga ana i te nekehanga o te motuka, ā, e pupuri ana i te motuka kia neke i runga i te mana whakahaere a te taraiwa. Ko ngā wāhanga o te anga ko: Raina taraiwa - Te tuku mana mai i te miihini ki ngā wira taraiwa.
Kei roto i te pūnaha tuku he mamau, he tuku, he pou tuku, he toki taraiwa me ētahi atu wāhanga. Pūnaha taraiwa - Ka honoa te huihuinga me ngā wāhanga o te motuka ki te katoa, ā, ka tautoko i te motuka katoa kia pai ai te oma o te motuka.
Kei roto i te pūnaha taraiwa te anga, te toki o mua, te whare o te toki taraiwa, ngā wira (te wira urungi me te wira taraiwa), te whakatārewatanga me ētahi atu wāhanga. Pūnaha urungi - mā te pūnaha urungi ka taea te oma i te huarahi i whiriwhiria e te taraiwa. Kei roto ko te taputapu urungi me te pereti urungi me te taputapu tuku urungi.
Taputapu pēki - ka whakaroa, ka whakamutu rānei i te motuka, ā, ka whakarite kia tū pono te motuka i muri i te wehenga atu o te taraiwa i te rohe. Kei roto i ngā taputapu pēki o ia waka ētahi pūnaha pēki motuhake, kei ia pūnaha pēki he taputapu tuku hiko, he taputapu whakahaere, he taputapu tuku me te pēki.
Ko te tinana o te waka te wāhi mahi a te taraiwa, engari ko te wāhi hoki e utaina ai ngā pāhihi me ngā utanga. Me whakarato e te tinana he āhuatanga whakahaere watea mō te taraiwa, me te whakarato i tētahi taiao whakamarie me te haumaru mō ngā pāhihi, me te whakarite kia noho pai ngā taonga.
Ko ngā taputapu hiko kei roto ko te rōpū tuku hiko, te pūnaha tīmatanga miihini me te pūnaha mura, te rama me te taputapu tohu waka, me ētahi atu. Hei tāpiri, he maha ake ngā taputapu hiko pēnei i ngā tukatuka moroiti, ngā pūnaha rorohiko matua me ngā taputapu matauranga horihori kua tāutahia ki ngā waka hou.
