Kei tū whakawāhi i a koe i tētahi waka nui e haere ana i roto o tō hapori me te ingoa “Hudson” i tō muri? Koia enei he ! He āhua nui rawa atu, pērā ki tētahi waea nui e raro i ngā ratau, engari ka mahi noa i ngā mea nui. Kua hanga nei tēnei āhua waka hei āwhina i ngā tangata i te mahi i ētahi mahi katoa. Tīmata mai, kitea atu ano ngā mea nui me te whaimana o tēnei waka mīharo me te huarahi!
Ko te step van utility he kaiwhāwhānga matua, nā te mea ka mahi i ngā mea nui katoa. Nui rawa atu, nui rawa anō hoki te kaha, kāore i mate i te kawe i ngā mea nui – pērā i ngā mea whare, ngā rautaki, rānei ko ngā poaka iti. Whakaarohia ngā wā e hiahiatia ana e koe rānei e tētahi atawhai i a koe i ngā mea nui. Ka whakaaeke mai tēnei waka i a koe! He whakatakoto hoki hei whakamahere mō te haere, kāore i wehe i ngā wāhi e taea ana e tētahi waka nui—hei haere i ngā reira o ngā tāone nui rānei i ngā ara motuhake.
He mīharo hoki ngā waka whakamahi i ngā āhuatanga whakahirahira katoa. Kei roto i ētahi, ngā rākau me ngā poaka hei whakariterite i ngā hoko me ngā taonga, hei tauira. Ka whakaaeke mai tēnei āhuatanga kia kitea e koe ko wai ngā mea e pā ana i a koe. E ai ki ētahi atu waka whakamahi, he pae wehewehe rānei, he ara whakawehewehe hei whakawhiwhi i ngā mea nui. Ko tēnā he mea whaiaro i te iti i te wā!
Ko te waka rorohiko he mea nui rawa i te whiuwhiu, ka whakamahiia e ngā mahi katoa. Ka whakamahi mai ngā tangata maha ki tēnā ki tō rātou mahi. Hei tauira, ko ngā hanganga, ngā kaiwiringa, me ngā kaiherehere mea hoki e hiahiatia ana ki te whakahina i ō rātou rautaki me ō rātou taonga ki ngā wāhi mahi katoa, ā, ko te waka rorohiko he pai rawa mo tērā. Ko ngā waka rorohiko hoki ko ngā kaihoko pakete e tukutuku ana i ngā pakete, ngā kai, rānei, ngā kai ki ngā whare me ngā pūtake mahi.
Māku e haere atu ki te whare tiaki take rahi i te oneone o te tāone. Ki reira, ka tukutuku au i ngā poaka e kua kitea ana e ngā tangata hei whakamahi i a rātou mahi. Māuri ake, ka haere au ki tētahi wāhi noho itiiti me te whakawāhia he pakete ki runga i te paepae o taku hoa. Anō hoki i waenganui i ngā rā, ka hekeheke ake te waka rorohiko, ko tēnā ka tae mai nei au ki te mutunga o ngā tukutuku. Kaore i te mutu, ka haere au ki te whakawhiti i ngā pakete ki ō rātou wāhi, ka hoki au ki te wharau o te waka rorohiko. Kei te ngenge au, engari kei te haumaru tonu ahau, nā te miharo i ngā mea i hangaia e au, ā, i te mea e kī ai i roto i te wā!
He tino pai rawa tetahi atu hē o te waka whakarite i te mea e taea ana e ia ki te tiakina i te moni me te wā mō ngā pakihi. Whakaaro mai ki te kaihoko e mau ana i ētahi atu pakete hei whakahoro. Ka taea e rātau, inā kaore i taea te whitiwhiti wā i te rangi ki te mahi i ngā whakahoro, kia whakapakari i ngā hokohoko mō te rangi katoa i roto i te waka, ka whiwhi ake rātau i ngā whakahoro katoa i tētahi wā anake. Kāore anō he wā e whaiherehere ai i te naunau, ā, kāore hoki e mōhio ai te wā e kai ana i te haere i runga i ngā raraunga.
Ākona anō, inā he tino whakarite te waka whakarite nei, ka taea e ia te whakamahi mo ētahi atu ratou hōnore. Ko tēnā ka tae atu te pakihi kia hoko i tētahi waka anake ināianei ka hokona e rātau ētahi waka nui hei mahi i ētahi mahi nui. Ki te whakaaweawe, inā kaore i te wā ka hokona e rātau tētahi waka hoko me tētahi atu waka hei whakatuku take, ka hoki tētahi waka whakarite anake mō ngā mahi katoa.
