He waka āhua nō te whakatere pīhau, he waka e hanga ngātahi ana hei whakatere i te pīhau, he mea nui kē, he mea hirahira. Kua whiwhi te whakangungu o ngā waka āhua nei i te haumanu, me ngā pīhau e whai ake ana i te aoko toki rānei ko te aoko toki māwhero, ā, ka noho anō hoki ngā pīhau i roto i ngā whiu rua hei whakamutu i ngā wehe. He momo haumanu matihiko ngā raraunga paihere here matekai e āhei ana ki te whakapou ki te wehe pīhau i te wā o te taumata, he reta whakamutu pūmau hei whakaiti i te tahuri atu o ngā poro hirahira, ā, he momo whakapae āmio hiko e āhei ana ki te whakamutu i ngā ahi hiko whakarite. Ko ēnei waka āhua he mea pai hoki ki te pūngao me te tūranga tika hei whakatikatika i te whakawehi me te whakatakoto i te pīhau, ā, hei whakahaere pai hoki i te whakahoa me te whakamana i te pīhau mai i ngā whare whakawai ki ngā pūtau pīhau me ngā wāhi whakahaere kē.