Kei te whai take ngā waka whakatātaki hikoi mō ngā pūkaha hei whakarite i te hīkoi ki ngā pūkaha, e whakamana ana i ngā hiahia ā-wheako o ēnei waka rere. Ki te tērā i a rātou i ō rātau kaipūtake waka, kei te hangaia ngā waka whakatātaki hikoi mō ngā pūkaha me te hanganga iti me te tūhura pai ki te haere i roto i ngā wāhi iti nei o ngā marae pūkaha. Kei raro i a rātou ngā poaka hīkoi me ngā nuinga e pai ana mō ngā hiahia hīkoi o ngā pūkaha, ā, me ngā raraunga pumau e taea ai te tuku hīkoi i te paoro me te āhuatanga kuhu mai. E whaihua ana ngā tikanga haumaru, e kitea ana i ake i ngā rauemi kawe-atea, ngā tāwhiti kawe-momoe, me ngā rauemi whakamahue ahi, hei tiaki i te kore āmokore i waenganui i ngā wā o te tātaki hīkoi. Ka tuhituhi hoki ēnei waka me ngā raraunga tataki pai ki te tiakina i te tuku hīkoi pai, e hāngai ana ki te whakahaere i te haere me te haumaru o ngā pūkaha.