He mea whakarongo ngā waka pōhā ahuwhenua inoxia mō te porowhita o ōna āhuatanga kia tae ki te whawhai i te kōkō, te whanake, me te hua pai. Ko te ahuwhenua inoxia, ko tana matawhāiti riro nui i te kōromī, e hanga ana i tētahi kaiherehere kapeneha e āhei ana ki te whawhai i te rūst me ngā pūnaha whawhai. E mahi ana enei waka mō te hokohoko i tētahi rangahau matihiko o wai, mai i te kai me ngā mona ki ngā pūnaha. Ko te matawhāiti tūpuhi o te pōhā, noho tērā ki te whakamahi, e tirotiro ana ki ngā taumata pai, he mea nui tēnei i ngā whenua pērā i te timatatanga kai me ngā rongoā. He pai hoki ngā waka pōhā ahuwhenua inoxia mō te mana moemoeā, e āhei ana ki te hokiwhiti i ngā momo hokohoko. Ko ō rātou toitūtanga me ngā tikanga haumanu e mahi ana hei whiringa pai mō ngā tono hokohoko wai.