Ko tēnei te wā e tae ana i ngā pū kiriata waka, nā reira i whakaritea rātou hei āhei i ngā waka. I whakapakarihia rātou kia āhei ai te mahi pai o ngā waka e whakahaere ana i te take rā. E hīnati ana tēnei ko te mea ka tae ki te wai, ka kore e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamahi i te puanga tai rānei, ki te noho wehe i tō hāpai. Ko tērā e whai ake nei i te whakamahere pai mō ngā whakahaere waka. Nā ngā paunga o te whakamahi i ngā pū kiriata mō tō waka - He nui ngā mea e mahi ai koe ki te kite i ngā quenchers e tū nei i runga i te motu waka.
Kāore i te whakaaetanga, ko te mea nui tuatahi mo ngā pane ola waka he paihere āhuarangi noa iho rātou. Inā rāngia mai ai te huringa mai i te rā, he rauemi ēnei hei whakamahere me te kore pūtauwai. Nā reira, he paihere āhuarangi rātou. E whakarite ana ngā pane ola hoki hei rangitaki iti i ngā whatunga ēnei (ki te kore e hiahia ana ki te tirotiro anō) nō reira ka whakamana i ngā painga o te iti i runga i ngā hau kaihau poroiti me te whakamahi iti i ngā taonga ahurea matua. Ki te whakatūria e koe ngā roanga ēnei mō te wai, ka taea e koe te whakahaere i te oranga o Papatūānuku mō ia tangata.
He Huarahi Rangatira ki te Whakaiti MoniKa taea e koe te whakamahia i ngā pūoro ra o muri mai i te wā e whakatūria ana koe i ngā pūoro ra ki runga i tō waka.. Ko ia nei te mutunga mo ngā utu ā-marama mō ake tonu atu. Ki te tika, ka taea e koe te whakaiti moni i roto i te wā e hirango ana. No reira, ka noho ētahi moni whai wāhi hei whakamahia ~ rānei hei whakapūmau mō ngā wa kākahi. Nā reira, kāore he pai tino nui noa iho mō te taiao, engari he pai hoki mō tō pūtake moni!
Ki te kei koe te ngākau rangatira ki te haere i runga i ō waka, kaore he tangata nā rātau e mōhio nei ko te nui o te hiahia kia noho āhua kaha ngā take ā-waka i te wā e mahi ana koe i ngā takarangi herea i runga i ō waka. I te wā e noho ana koe i runga i tō waka, me ēnei wā ka hikoa e koe te marama ki ngā pari i mua, mō ngā pū fono, ngā paipera, me ngā toki mō te ao mārama hoki kia whakahaere i ngā momo hanga me ērā hoki. Ki te mōhio tātou katoa, ki te tino ā-ringaringa te whakatū pūoro ra i runga i tō waka...me whakaae koe ki te whakahaumanu i a koe i runga i ō haerenga. Me whakahaere i te mana o tōna rā mō te tautoko i a koe i ngā hiahia marama katoa, ahakoa i te moana rānei i te takiwā waka.

E hia ngā tāngata kua whakaaro he aha te āhua i mea ai ngā paererei waka mō te mahi o te timatanga o te rā ki te hiko. Ka puta i te paererei rā ka hangaia he hākinakina hiko i te waenganui i te rā e tuhituhi ana. Ko tēnā tonu ka whakahaumanu i tō waka, ko ia anō hoki ko ia. Ko tēnei he momo atu hoki, e hīkoi ana ki te waihanga i te hiko horoi, ā, e āwhina ana hoki i te whakamana i tō taiao. I te iti mai nei koe i te hiki rā, ka noho koe i roto i te pōti kākāriki.

He mea nui rawa ngā paererei rā mō te ao o ngā waka. He hiko kākāriki tētahi e pai ana ki te āniwaniwa. E mahi ana hoki ki te iti i te utu hiko i runga i tō waka. Ko tēnei hei whakaatu i te mea ka noho koe anō i runga i te moana, ka heke rawa te whakaaro mō te moe i te wā o te hiko. Ka whakaae ngā paererei rā i a koe kia noho koe i te oranga, kia rereke mai i te whakaaro mō te wā, mō te āhuatanga e hiki mai nei i a koe.

Ki te kei a koe hei tangata waka māmu, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki te whiwhi i te nui rawa o to whakawaehere i runga i te wai, me mahi atu koe i ngā pū kiriata waka! He pai ranei i te taiao, ka tiakina e koe ōu moni, ā, ka noho wehe tonu ō mahi i te mea he aha hoki te wā e haere ai koe. Ki te whakahaere koe i tō waka i runga i te rā, ka uaua koe i te take o te wero me te noho anamata nei i te whakamārama i ngā wai nui.
he āki mō ngā hāinga hiko ā-hāpū (whānui) me ngā hāinga hiko ā-kāinga, i te whakamāhi i ngā rākau hiko me ngā rākau hau. Ka taea te whakapānui i ngā whakautu katoa e ngā kiritaki i tā mātou pūkenga pūkenga, i tā mātou whakamāhi i ngā pūkenga whakahaere i ngā huarahi hokohoko, i ngā pānui rākau mō ngā kaipuke. Ka whakapānui mātou i te ratonga pūkenga i te rā katoa mai i te whakamātautau, mai i te whakamāhi, mai i te whakamātautau, mai i te whakamātautau i muri i te hokohoko.
mahi tuatahi me ngā papa rākau rāhina, ngā whiu whenua. Taea e mātau te tuku iho ki ngā matua kē he whakarite i tētahi whakaaetanga tūmataiti mō ngā rākau rāhina me ngā rākau rāhina-pūahoaho. Ki te whai mana ā-tahuhu i te tuku iho papa rākau waka, DHC tuku mai i ngā momo hanga me ngā hokohoko tūpato, me ngā hokohoko muri.
Ko DHC te ingoa mātua i ngā rōpū hiko wāhanga-wāhanga o te hiko wao me te rā. He whare o ana anō i tēnei, e whakamahi ana i ngā mahi R&D, te whakamātautau, te whakamātautau, me ngā ratonga pūkenga. Mai i te tau 2009, kua tīmata ngā kaiwhakamātua o DHC ki te whakamāhi i te whakaaro hei tiaki i te taiao, ā, kua whai i ngā hākinakina hou rawa atu me ngā pānui rā o ngā waka, me ngā uara pūmanawa o te rōpū: "te whakamāhi i te mahi, te pono, te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi, me te auaha." Ko tēnei hoki te take o tā mātou ingoa "DHC".
Ko tā mātou whakawātea i te pono te tuāpapa o tā mātou pakihi. Ka tātai mātou i ngā hua hiko pono, ā, ka tātai hoki i ngā ratonga pūkenga. I ngā turakina hiko wao, he mea nui te whakamāhi i te pono hei whāinga matua o tā mātou rōpū, ā, ka tātai mātou i ngā hua hiko pono me ngā ratonga pūkenga. Ka tātai hoki i ngā whāinga pērā i te roa o ngā pāpā, me te pākari o ngā turakina hiko wao i ngā waka me ngā pānui rā. Ka whakamārama mātou kia māmā kia māmā ngā hua katoa a DHC i hanga mai i te hiko pono, kāore i te hiko kōrero.