Piti Kaata/Tuu Kaiako/ Poua porowhita-upoko kaki tapawha
tutaki waka
He tutaki waka (e kiia anapouako poupouaporowhita-upoko kaki tapawha)[1] he momo raka hei whakamau i te whakarewa ki te konganuku, te nuinga ake, te rakau ki te whakarewa.E mohiotia ana ano ko te pou upoko kapu i Ahitereiria me Aotearoa.
He rerekee mai i etahi atu raka na tona upoko harore papaku, me te mea ko te wahanga-whiti o te tiu, ahakoa he porohita mo te nuinga o tona roa (penei i etahi atu momo raka), he tapawha kei raro tonu i te upoko.Ma tenei ka mau te raka i te wa e tuu ana i roto i te kohao tapawha i roto i te here whakarewa.Ma tenei ka taea te whakauru ki te taputapu me te taputapu kotahi anake, he hiku, he wiwi ranei, e mahi ana mai i tetahi taha.Ko te mahunga o te raka o te kaata i te nuinga o te wa he kikorangi.Karekau he miro o te shank;a ko tona diameter he rite ki te taha o te tapawha whiti-whiti.
Ko te raka o te waka i hangaia hei whakamahi ma te pereti whakakaha rino i tetahi taha o tetahi kurupae rakau, ko te waahanga tapawha o te raka ka uru ki roto i te kohao tapawha o te rino.He mea noa te whakamahi i te raka waka ki te kore rakau, ko te waahanga tapawha ka nui te puri hei aukati i te hurihanga.
He nui te whakamahi i te raka waka i roto i nga whakatikatika haumaru, penei i nga raka me nga inihi, me tango te raka mai i tetahi taha anake.Ko te mahunga maeneene me te nati tapawha i raro nei ka aukati i te raka o te waka mai i te taha haumaru.
