Ko Mingtu he whakamātautau tino pōuri ki te kōrero mō ngā āpōpō o ngā pūhanga waka, ā, inā ko ngā pūhanga āhua-tūtahi. Ko ēnei pūhanga rerekē i ngā pūhanga tāua e kitea ana i ngā waka hiko i tēnei wā. Kāore he wai i roto, nō reira he haumaru ake, ā, he maha ake ngā kaha. Ka taea e ngā pūhanga āhua-tūtahi te whakamāngai i ngā waka hiko kia haere tonu atu i tēnei whakamāngai, ā, ka whakamāngai hoki i te wā iti. He mea nui tēnei, nā te mea he nui ngā tāngata e mataku ana kia kore ngā pūhanga i te ora i te ara huarahi. I tēnei, he māma ake hoki, ā, he whāia ake ai ngā waka. I tēnei wā e huri mai ana te ao ki ngā waka hiko, ko ēnei pūhanga hou e whakamāngai ana i ngā mea katoa mō ngā kaiwhakamāhi.
Mō ngā kaihoko katoa, he whakamāhua pai rawa ngā pīhanga pūmau. Tuatahi, he roa ake ngā wā o tēnei i ngā pīhanga tātai. Nō reira, kāore ngā kaihoko e hiahia ana ki te whakakapi i a rātou i te wā o mua, ā, ko tēnei he whakamāmā i ngā moni i te wā roa. Whakaahua he pīhanga e mahi ana i ngā tau maha me ngā raruraru iti. Ka pai tēnei ki ngā kaihoko, nā reira ka taea e rātou te whakamāfocus i te hokonga o ngā waka i te rereke o ngā raruraru pīhanga. Me tēnei anō, he haumaru ake ngā pīhanga pūmau. He iti ake te whāinga o te riri ake i ngā pīhanga o mua. Ko tēnei take haumaru he mea tino matua. I te wā e hokona ana ngā waka, hiahia ana ngā kaihoko kia whakamārama ai ngā kiritaki kia haumaru, kia pai. Ko tēnei anō he tauāki: te hāngā o te whakauru. Ka whakauru ake ngā pīhanga pūmau i te wā iti atu i ngā pīhanga tātai. Kāore ngā kaiwhakamahi e tātari tonu i ngā wāhi whakauru. Mō ngā kaihoko katoa, ko tēnei he take tino pai hei whakamāhinga. Mēnā ka kōrero atu ngā kaihoko kia whakauru tāwāhi ngā waka, ka tātai ake ngā waka. I tēnei anō, he māmā ake ngā pīhanga, ā, he iti ake te whakamāhi i ngā hau. Ko tēnei e whakapai ake ana i te whakamāhua, i te roa o te haerenga. Mō ngā kaihoko, ko te hokonga i ngā waka e haere ana i ngā wāhi pūmau, e whakamārama ana i ngā kiritaki. Mēnā e haere ana te waka i ngā mila maha kāore he whakauru, ka tātai ake te whakamāhinga. Ki te mutunga, i te wā e huri mai ana ngā kamupani waka ki te hiko, ko ngā pīhanga pūmau e whakawātea ana i ngā kaihoko katoa. Ko ngā kaihoko e whakamāhi ana i ēnei pūtahi ka tāwhai i ngā huarahi o māpuri. I te whakamāmā, ko ngā kōwhiringa ā-huinga anō he mea whakamārama i te pai ake o ngā waka, ā, he nui ngā whai pānga hoki ki ngā kaihoko.
Ngā pūhanga āhua-tau, e whakamāngai ana i ngā wāhinga katoa mō ngā waka hiko. E tāwhai ana i tēnei i tēnei te rere o ngā waka, ā, ka pai ai ki ngā kaiwhakamāhi. Ko tēnei te whakamāngai nui: he roa ake te roa o te haere. I tēnei wā, kāore ngā pūhanga i mua nei e whakamāngai i te roa o te haere o te waka. Kei te whakamāhāhā ngā kaiwhakamāhi i te whai wāhi hei whakamāngai. Engari, i ngā pūhanga āhua-tau, ka haere ake ngā waka i ngā roa o te haere. Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamāhi te haere i ngā huarahi roa, kāore he pākaha. Ka whakamāhi ai i te haere, kāore he whakamāhāhā i te whakamāngai. I tēnei anō, he tere ngā pūhanga āhua-tau i te whakamāngai. Kātahi anō e āki ana i te 80% i te wā iti tonu, i te 15 meneti! Ko te tere o te whakamāngai he whakamāhi iti i te wā, he whakamāhi kai, ā, ka taea anō te haere i te huarahi. He rite ki te whakamāngai i te waihanga, engari i te hiko. Ko tēnei te whakamāngai i ngā waka hiko kia pai ake mō te katoa. I tēnei anō, he māma ake ngā pūhanga. Ko te māma o te pūhanga he māma o te waka, ā, he tautika i te hāere me ngā whakamāhi. Ka hāere ake ngā waka i te tere, ā, ka whakamārama ake. Mō ngā kaiwhakamāhi e pīrangi ana i te tere, ko tēnei he whakamāngai. I tēnei anō, he pai ake ngā pūhanga i te whakamāhi i ngā hiko. E tāwhai ana i te hiko i te pai, kāore he whakamāngai i ngā hiko. Ko tēnei te whakamāngai i ngā waka hiko kia pai ake mō te taiao. Ina he iti ake ngā hiko i te whakamāhi, he iti ake ngā whakamāngai i te taiao. I tēnei ao e hiahia ana i te whakamātautau, ko ngā pūhanga āhua-tau he tuārā mārama. I kite a Mingtu i te pūnaha o tēnei, ā, kua whakaaetia kia whakamāhi i tēnei hākinakina. I ngā pūhanga āhua-tau, he pai ake ngā waka hiko i te āpā, ka pai ake ngā kaiwhakamāhi i te rere, i ngā huarahi roa, i te tere o te whakamāngai.
Ko ngā pūhanga pūmau o ngā waka he hanga hou, he whakamātautau hou e whakamārama ana i te ara o ngā waka hiko. I raro i ngā pūhanga tāwhai, e whakamāhi ana i te wāhi rākau, ko ngā pūhanga pūmau e whakamāhi ana i ngā kōpae pūmau hei whakamātua i ngā hiko. Ko tēnei he mea matua nā te mea e whakamāhi ana i te maha atu o ngā hiko i tēnei wāhi iti ake. Whakaahua mai he waka hiko e haere ake ana i te roa atu, kāore he whakamātua i te hiko. Ko tēnei tēnā o ngā whāinga nui. He māmā ake hoki, nō reira he kaha ake, he pai ake hoki ngā waka. Ko tētahi mea pai atu ko te haumaru. I āhua rerekē ngā pūhanga tāwhai i te whakamāhi i te ahi, i te rere, engari he iti ake ngā rerekē o ngā pūhanga pūmau. I tēnei wā, i ngā kamupani pērā i a Mingtu e mahi ana i tēnei hanga, kei te tata mai tātou ki ngā waka hiko e pai ake ana mō te taiao, e haumaru ake, e tūhonohono ake hoki. Ka taea tēnei te whakamārama i tēnei ao i muri, i reira ka whakamārama tātou i ngā waka hiko, kāore he whakamātautau mō te hiko e ngaro ana, mō te haumaru hoki. I tēnei wā, i ngā kamupani maha e whakamāhi ana, ka taea pea te kite i ngā pūhanga pūmau i ngā waka hiko hou maha. Ko tēnei he whakamārama i te maha atu o ngā tāngata e whakamāhi ana i ngā waka hiko, e āki ana i te pakaru o ngā whakamātautau, e whakamārama ana i te ao hei wāhi pai ake. Ko te huringa ki ngā pūhanga pūmau e whakamārama ana i ngā waka hiko hei whakamātautau matua mō ngā kaiwhakamāhi i tēnei ao. Pūtonga Lifepo4 ko te hanga hoki he wāhanga matua o tēnei huringa.
He tāwhai tonu te whakamātau i te pūhanga pākihi kia tika hei whakamātau i te ahua pai o te wāhanga o te waka hiko. Ko te tuatahi he whakaaro ki te roa o ngā haerenga i tēnei wā. Mēnā he roa ngā haerenga, me whai i tēnei pūhanga kia whai hoki i te maha o ngā wāhanga. He pai ngā pūhanga kia tāwhai i ngā wāhanga kia tāwhai ake i ngā pūhanga tāwhai. Ko te tuarua he whakaaro ki te hāngai o te whakauru. Ā, he rere kē ēnei, nō reira mēnā he tāwhai tonu koe, tātai i tēnei. Me whakaaro hoki i te rahi o te pūhanga. He rerekē ngā waka i ngā wāhanga, nō reira me whakamātau kia tāwhai i tōu waka. He tāwhai hoki te ingoa o te kamupene. Ko ngā kamupene pērā i a Mingtu e mōhiotia ana mo ngā pūhanga pai, nō reira kia whai i tēnei kia whai hoki i te whakamārama. Me whakaaro hoki i te whakamārama me ngā āwhina. Ko te whakamārama pai he tohu kia whai hoki i te āwhina i te wā o te raruraru. I te mutunga, pānui i ngā whakamāramatanga mai i ātārangi. Ko ngā whakamāramatanga he tohu kia whai hoki i te tino pai mōu. Mā te whakaaro i ēnei mea, ka whai koe i tēnei pūhanga kia tāwhai i ngā hiahia, kia whai hoki i te ahua pai o tōu waka hiko. I te wā anō, ko ngā whakamātautau pērā i Pātahi Mātai Hō e tāwhai ana i ngā whakamātautau mō ngā hanga o māmātua.