Nā runga i te whakangungu tūpāpaku nui, he waka hāpai ngahau e hangaia hei whakawhiti i ēnei momo ngahau katoa, ina ko te mīhana, te rereka, me te ngahau awhi rangi. He nui ngā poito o ēnei waka, e kitea ana i ngā whenua whai mana wehe pūmau, pērā i te totoao me te totoao kōwhaiwhai, e hangaia ana ki te whakatika i ngā pai āhuarangi me ngā āhuatanga kawe mate o te ngahau. Ki te whakamana i te haumaru, e whakatūria ana i ngā kōwhiringa rua kaiwhitu, ngā pūtomo whakataki wehe matenga, me ngā raraunga mōhiotia whakawehi. He pūnaha tuhipoka hihiko i ngā waka nei hei whakakaha i te whakawhiti ngahau ki roto, ki waho, me ngā tūtohi tino tika hei whakatakoto i ngā rahi e hāngai ana i te kuhu iho me te kuhu iho. E whakaaetia anō hoki e ngā waka nei ngā ture tino whai mana mo te whakawehi i ngā mea haurangi, ka whakauru he mea pērā i te whakapiki wehenga i te riro hiko, me ngā take whakamutu ahi hei whakangaro i ngā hoko e pā ana ki ngā ngahau whakaohooho.