Waka puni Plaid Kakariki o te Ope Taua

He hoahoa kōpikopiko tēnei waka puni takai, he kākāriki hōia tawhito, he huatau, he tawhito, he pai hoki mō ngā momo whakaaturanga o waho. He hoa mahi mō te puni, te pikiniki, te haereere i te takutai moana, te hikoi me ngā huihuinga whānau.

He matotoru te papanga kōwhai, he ātete ki te kakahu, he ātete hoki ki te haehae, ā, ka taea te tu atu i ngā whakamahinga maha me ngā āhuatanga kino o waho. He ātete wai hoki, he ngāwari hoki te muru, kia noho ma tonu ai te waka. He anga whakarewa pakari te tautoko, he nui te kaha kawenga o te waka, he pumau hoki te hanganga, ā, kāore e wiri ngāwari i te wā e neke ana.

He wīra ngāwari, he maeneene te hurihuri i runga i te tarutaru, te onepu me ngā ara paripari. Mā te kakau kume ka taea te whakarite ka ngāwari te pupuri me te kukume. Nā te hanganga takai, ka taea te takai kia iti te rahi mō te penapena me te kawe waka ina kore e whakamahia.

He ātaahua te āhua me te mahi pai rawa atu, ā, he mea whakapaipai, he mea mahi hoki tēnei waka puni kōwhai kakariki. Ka taea e ia te pupuri i ō taonga o waho katoa me te haumaru, me te whai hua hoki. He taputapu tino tika mō te hunga e aroha ana ki ngā mahi o waho me ngā whānau e pai ana ki ngā haerenga whakangahau.