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He waka pūngao ringa-tahi, he whakarite i te tūranga o te mahi toi me te hāpai hou. Koa ia ki ia waka pūngao, kua hanga noa iho i te pūngao inuwhai matatoki, e whai ana i te whanaungatanga nui me te pai ake o te āhua. Ko te mahi hanga, ko ngā tohunga toi e whakapuaki ana i ngā whenua, e whakawhiti ana i ngā hono, e whakamahia ana ngā rautaki matatoki ki te whakakaha i te pai me te tirotiro ki ngā momo iti. Ka whai ake ngā waka pūngao nei i ngā raraunga whakatakiwai tūtohu, i ngā urupa wai matua hei whakamahere mō te whakamahi nui rawa, me ngā paari kitea katoa hei whakangungu i te huriwai. Ko te ahua hanga i runga i te ringa-tahi, ka whiwhi mai i te whakaaetanga i te rahi, i te whakariterite, me te āhua, ka whakaheke noa iho ia ki tōna wāhi tūtonu. Hei tēnei waka pūngao, kei roto i te hunga whakaiti kaiwhakarite kīrehe, me ngā kaiwhakarite kauwhata tūpato, e whakaiti ana i te reka o te wai e huri ana, me te pakitanga o ngā kaiwhakamahi. Ko te hanga pūngao inuwhai, e whai ana i ngā āhuatanga whakahokia i te ngaeaea, me te whakamutu pai ki te uru, ki ngā pūtau, me te korikori. Kei te hanga i ēnei waka pūngao i ngā whakaaetanga whakamahi, pērā i ngā kauwhata tuatahitanga, ngā kaiwhakarite tūhonotia, me ngā paepae kona e whakaae ana ki te hokiwhakamahi wai me te whakamana i te āhua pai.