Nā runga i ngā tūranga whakamahere, ka hanga ngā waka hoko matua hei whakatutuki i te whakatere o ētahi atu raraunga matepū. E whakatupu ana ngā waka nei i ngā tikanga mō te haumaru - tuatahi, me ngā whariki matua pūmanawa e ai ki ngā rauropi paihikihiki me te kaha hei whakawehenga i te kohure. Ka whakauru hoki ki ngā rautaki haumaru matua, pēnei i ngā pūnaha kite whakamutu ahotika i te wā o ngā taumata, ngā pūnaha tae tonu pūresshu, me ngā rautaki whakawehe kōpūtai whānui. Me whakaaetia anō hoki ngā tohu tika me ngā tuhinga tika mō ngā waka hoko matua i ēnei raraunga matepū, nā ngā ture. Ko tō rātou hanga me te mahi he whakatakoto i ngā raraunga matepū kia pai ai te kīanga, kia iti ai ngā take wehe, ngā take kōpūtai, me ēnei take kē e āhei ana ki te whakapakari i ngā mate ki ngā tangata me te ao whakatere.