Ko ngā waka rākau tāwhai he waka ā-hea kia whakamāhinga ai i ngā mahi i ngā wāhi pūmau. He roa ngā ringaringa, ā, ko ngā ringaringa nei e whakawhitinga ana i ngā tāngata me ngā taputapu ki ngā wāhi e hiahia ana kia tū. Kātahi anō kē koe e kite i ēnei waka i ngā wāhi hanga, i te whakamātua i ngā rākau, i te whakamātua i ngā whare pūmau. Ka taea ngā ringaringa te whakawhitinga me te huri, kia māmā ai te neke o ngā kaimahi i runga. I a JQCM, e mātua ana mātou i te hiranga o ēnei waka mō ngā mahi maha, ā, e ngākau pūmau ana mātou ki te whakaputanga i ngā waka kounga pai ngā waka rākau tāwhai e tātai ana i ngā hiahia rerekē.
Ko te whiriwhiri i te waka rākau tūtahi tika mō tōu pakihi he mea uaua ki te kore koe e mōhio i ngā āhua e tika ana kia rapu. Tuatahi, whakaaro mai i te teitei e hiahia ana koe. Ko ngā waka rākau tūtahi e tū ake ana i ngā teitei rerekē, nō reira tātai ngā whakamātautau. Mō ngā whare pāpaku, kāore pea he waka e taea ai te tū ake ki te 100 feet, pehea rānei. Tuarua, titiro atu ki te mātātoko e whiwhi ana, nā te mea mēnā e tūtahi ana i ngā taputapu pūmau, he maha ngā kaimahi, me whiwhi ai tēnei. I tēnei hoki, ko te roa o te rākau he mea matua, ā, kātahi ka taea te whānui ake hei āwhina i ngā wāhi e tāwhai ana i ngā here. Me ngā āhua o ngā mahi? Mō ngā mahi hanga, he pai te tāua tuanui, engari mō ngā mahi rākau, he waka iti ake pea te pai hei whakamāmā i ngā hāere. I tēnei hoki, whakaarohia te Ko te hāpai pūtētē whatumanawa hei whakamārama ake i ngā mahi tūtahi.
Nō reira, tātarihia te māmā o te whakamāhi hoki. Ko ēnei āhua e whakamāhi ana i ngā rārangi āwhina mātua hei whakamāhi māmā i te whakawhitinga me te whakarere. He tino hirahira te whakamāhi i ngā tikanga haumaru. I tēnei, whakaaro mai i te moni i te mutunga. He rerekē ngā utu. Ko JQCM he rārangi o ngā whakamāhi mō ngā rerekē o ngā rārangi moni, ā, he kounga me te haumaru. Kāore he huripō, whakamātauria ngā tauira kia kitea te tika mō ngā hāinga o tāu.
Ko ngā whakamātautau pai ki ngā waka rākau hōhi mō te hoko i te rōpū he whakamātautau nui mō tō pakihi. Timata i ngā whakamātautau hāpai, i ngā whakamātautau rārangi rānei, i reira e kitea ai ngā tauira me te whakamārama i ngā kaiwhakamahi i ngā taonga. Pātai hoki i ngā whakamātautau mō ngā huinga. Ko tēnā, tirohia mai i runga i te ipurangi, ko JQCM me āna atu he wāhi i runga i te ipurangi i ngā tauira me ngā whakamātautau. Pānuihia ngā whakamārama, whakawhitinga ngā utu i runga i te ipurangi. I ēnei wā, ko ngā kōpae kua whakamahinga i tēnei wā i tēnei wā he iti ake te utu.
I te whiriwhiri i tēnei waka rākau hōhi, he āhua āhua o ngā āhua matua hei whakamārama i tana kounga me tana whakamāmā i ngā hiahia. Tuatahi, ko te teitei o te hōhi i tana tāwhai. Ka tūpato ngā waka i te whānui o te whenua, ko te teitei ake he maha ake ngā mahi mai i tēnei wāhi. Ko ēnei e tū ake ana i te 100 feet, he pai mō ngā mea teitei. Arā, ko te whānui o te kaha o te waka, me whakamārama i te whānui o ngā taputapu me ngā kaimahi. Mō te haumātautau, ko ngā whakamāmā pērā i ngā waewae hei whakamāmā i te waka i tēnei wāhi, hei whakamāmā i te hinga.
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Ko ngā rongoā i tēnei wā e hāere mai ana, ā, ko ngā waka hōiho i te rākau hoki. Ko te hiko i tēnei wā hei whakamātautau i te rino, he māmā ake, he pai ake hoki mō te taiao, he iti ake hoki ngā whakamātautau mō ngā wāhi i roto. Ko ngā rongoā mātātoko me ngā kaiwhakamātautau e whakamātautau ana i ngā rākau, he pai ake hoki ngā whakamātautau. Ko ngā pūnaha i te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wāhanga o te wā......