He waka motuhake te kāwai rūa, he waka whakarite mō te hīmanga me te whanautanga i te rūa. E whai ake ana i tēnei i te papa toitoi me te takutai rūa nui, e mahi noa ana i ngā matū hou hei whakatika i ngā momo rūa me ngā āhuatanga o te hīmanga. Kua whakaritea te waka ki te whakamahi i te pūhanga hei whakawheako i te rūa, ko ngā puepuera me ngā waipu hei whakawehenga anō. He mea nui te haere tonu i ngā tikanga haumaru, e āhua ana i ngā puapua ā-wāhi āpiti, ngā take kararehe, me ngā tūtohunga herehere, hei whakatau atu i ngā paetae i te haere mai me te whakahoki i te rūa. He mea nui ngā kāwai rūa mō te whakawhaitia i ngā paku rūa, ngā whare pūkaha, me ētahi atu wāhi hei whakamahia i te rūa hei whakatipu i ngā waka me ngā pūkaha.