He whakamahia te waka tahua rāwhiti mō te hīkoi o te rerepū matua, ngā mea tāwheowheo i roto i te pūtau rerepū, ā, ērā hoki ka rere ki runga i ngā whena rerekē me ngā heke. E whai ake nei ngā waka tahua rāwhiti i ngā nui - hanga iwi e whakamahi ana hei hokohoko i te rerepū matua i waenganui i ngā wāhi whakaputa ki ngā whare whakatangata, ki ngā waka tahua iti i whakaritea ai ngā mea tāwheowheo e tuku ana i te motu me te deizel ki ngā pūtai rerepū me ngā whare mahi ā - iwi. I whakamahia te whakatū i ngā waka tahua rāwhiti kia puwhiri, kia haumaru, me ngā pokonui e whai ake nei i te aho nei, pūmotu, ā, me te whiuwhiu o te rerepū. Kua whakaritea i aua waka tahua rāwhiti ngā whatunga whakahaere rere mōhio, ngā pūtake whakamana me ngā take whakamutu, ā, me ngā take haumaru pērā i ngā take whakamataku moe, ngā take whakamaua ahi, me ngā take whakamutu ā - wā, hei whakatakoto i te haumaru me te pai o te hīkoi o ngā mea rerepū rāwhiti i waenganui i te kaiwhakawehenga.