Nā ngā waka rererangi ā-huamahi e whai take ana i te whakatōpū i ngā rau hoko i runga i ngā whenua, ka hanga hei whakarite i te tauranga mō te katoa o ngā momo rau hoko. Ko te hanga o ngā pūtauaka o ēnei waka ka tirotiro ki ngā āhuatanga matū me ngā āhuatanga pūtaiao o te rau hoko, pērā i te whakaputu, te whakapūmau, me te mateora. Ka whakamahia ngā materia o te pūtauaka ko te porohihi, ko te aramoana, nō reira ko ngā pūmotoka hei whakarite i te whakaaetanga me te tūmanako. He mea tino whakahaere ngā ratonga haumaru matua, e āhatia ana ngā pūtango whakamutunga ā-wāhanga, ngā tohu tuatahi mo ngā pūnui, me ngā whakawehenga ahi. E whai pūtake tonu ana ngā waka pūtauaka rau hoko i ngā tikanga whakahaere herehere mō te tuku i ngā rau hoko herehere, hei whakatakoto i te haumaru me te whakaaetanga i te whakatōpū i ngā rau hoko puta noa i ngā whenua ā-motu.