He ōrite te hanga o tēnei waka kōiwi ki te mokomoko. I ngā wā o mua, ka whakawehi te tangata i te mokomoko, ā, ko te whakairo nei, hei tiaki i ngā kōiwi inā tuponohia ai te waka kōiwi. I kitea tēnei waka kōiwi ki tētahi ana ki Waiōmio, e patata ana ki Hokianga.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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Reference:
Elsdon Best, The Maori. Wellington: Board of Maori Ethnological Research for the Author and on behalf of the Polynesian Society, 1924, pg 277
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