Ki te kore e tika te whakamahinga o ngā mata horoi o te waka (te mata horoi, te mata horoi me te mata horoi) ka tere te memeha, ka kore rānei e poke ngā mata horoi. Ahakoa te momo horoi, ko te whakamahinga tika ko:
1. Me whakamahi ina ua. Ko te mata horoi he mea whakamahi hei horoi i te wai ua i te matapihi o mua. Kāore e taea te whakamahi me te kore ua. Kāore e taea te waru maroke me te kore wai. Nā te pikinga o te ātete ki te waku nā te kore wai, ka pakaru te mata horoi rapa me te motuka horoi! Ahakoa he ua, kaua e horoia mena kāore i te nui te ua hei tīmata i te mata horoi. Kia mahara kia tatari kia nui te ua i runga i te mata karaihe. Ko te "nui" i konei e kore e aukati i te tirohanga taraiwa.
2. Kāore i te tūtohutia kia whakamahia te mata horoi hei tango i te puehu i runga i te mata o te matapihi. Ahakoa e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi i tēnei, me rehu koe i te wai karāhe i te wā kotahi! Kaua rawa e whakamaroke i te waru me te kore he wai. Mena he mea totoka kei runga i te matapihi, pērā i te paru maroke o ngā manu pērā i te kūkupa, kaua e whakamahia tika te horoi! Horoia ā-ringa ngā paru manu i te tuatahi. He tino ngāwari ki ēnei mea pakeke (pērā i ētahi atu matūriki kirikiri nui) te whara i te mata horoi, ka hua ake he ua poke.
3. Ko te tango wawe i ētahi mata horoi he hononga tika ki te horoinga waka hē. He kiriuhi hinu angiangi kei runga i te mata karaihe i mua i te wehenga atu o te motuka i te wheketere. I te horoinga o te motuka, kāore e horoia mārire te matapihi o mua, ā, ka horoia te kiriuhi hinu i runga i te mata, kāore e pai mō te hekenga o te ua, ka ngāwari te aukati i te ua ki runga i te mata karaihe. Tuarua, ka whakanui ake i te ātete waku i waenga i te pepa rapa me te mata karaihe. Koinei hoki te take o te whakamutu tere o te mata horoi nā te kore e neke. Ki te kore te mata horoi e neke, ā, ka haere tonu te motuka, he tino ngāwari te tahu i te motuka.
4. Ki te taea e koe te whakamahi i te taputapu puhoi, kāore koe e hiahia ki te taputapu tere. Ina whakamahia te horoi, he taputapu tere, he taputapu puhoi hoki. Ki te tere te waru, ka nui ake te whakamahinga, ā, ka roa ake te waku, ā, ka poto ake te roa o te whakamahinga o te mata horoi. Ka taea te whakakapi i ngā mata horoi haurua ki te haurua. Ko te horoi kei mua i te nohoanga o te taraiwa te mea tino nui te whakamahinga. Kua maha ake ngā whakamahinga, he whānui te whānuitanga, ā, he nui te ngaronga waku. Heoi anō, he mea nui hoki te tirohanga a te taraiwa, nō reira he maha ngā wā ka whakakapia tēnei horoi. Ka taea te poto ake te wā whakakapinga o te horoi e rite ana ki te nohoanga o mua o te pāhihi.
5. Kia tūpato kei pakaru te mata horoi i ngā wā noa. Mēnā me hiki ake te mata horoi i te wā e horoi ana i te waka, e horoi puehu ana rānei i ia rā, ngana ki te neke i te tuara o te rekereke o te mata horoi, ā, whakahokia mārire atu ina whakatakotoria. Kaua e whatiia te mata horoi ki muri.
6. Haunga ngā mea o runga ake nei, kia aro ki te horoinga o te mata horoi. Mēnā ka piri ki te onepu me te puehu, ehara i te mea ka rakuraku noa i te karāhe, engari ka whara anō hoki. Kaua e tukua kia pāngia e te pāmahana teitei, te hukapapa, te puehu me ētahi atu āhuatanga. Ka tere ake te koroheketanga o te mata horoi i te pāmahana teitei me te hukapapa, ā, ka nui ake te puehu ka kino te taiao horoi, ka ngāwari ai te pakaru o te mata horoi. Ka hukarere i te pō i te takurua. I te ata, kaua e whakamahia te mata horoi ki te tango i te hukarere i runga i te karāhe.