Ko te waka whakatātaki āheinga ā-herehere tētahi waka taketake e whakaaetia mō te whakarari me te whakahoa i te āheinga herehere, pērā i te āheinga pūkai, ki ngā kaiherehere. I hangaia hei tutuki i ngā take haumaru me ngā take paetae nui o te whenua herehere, ko ngā wāhi rari nui kei raro i ēnei waka, e hanga ana i ngā wāhi rari nui i roto i ngā rara moana whatitiri, me ngā rara whakamutunga koroni. Hei whakatakoto hoki ngā reta matatau nui hei whakamātau i te rahi o te āheinga i whakahoa, no te mea ka whakangau mai ngā itiiti e paiho nei ki te mahi me te haumaru o ngā kaiherehere. Kei raro hoki i ngā momo haumaru matatau, pērā i ngā taipu whakamutu ahoroa, ngā reta whakamutu ahi, me ngā tūtohi whakapīkari ā-tinana hei whakatau i ngā take ahi. Ko ngā waka whakatātaki āheinga ā-herehere anō he pūnaha hohipu nui me ngā tokoiti me ngā waewae ā-heihei hei whakatika me te whakahaere i te āheinga, ka whai mana hoki i te hanga whakatupu tonu o ngā kaiherehere.