E mahi ana mātou ki ECan, kei te āwhina mātou ki te whakahauhau i te iwi o Ōtautahi Nui Ake me Timaru kia whai kōrero mō te wā heke mai o te waka tūmatanui hei wāhanga o te Mahere Waka Tūmatanui ā Rohe.
He tawhiti rawa te tuhinga ki tētahi mahere 3-5 tau me te kitenga 30 tau, e pupuri ana i ngā tono mō ētahi atu pahi i runga i ngā ararere auau tiketike ake, te whakataki i ngā mehua hei whakawātea i te wāhanga o ngā pahi i a rātou haerenga, he tauwhiro ki ngā waka harakoa kore me te hanganga marohi o ngā pānui tere ā muri ake nei.
Hei tīmata i te kōrerorero i tonoa e mātau he Rā Pahi Koreutu i te Rā Wātea o te Motokā Ao Whānui. Ka whakamāramatia e Rangiura Gibbon, te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Waka Tūmatanui i te Taiao Canterbury te angitu o te takahanga, ā, he aha te tikanga o te wā heke mai o te waka tūmatanui i Ōtautahi Nui Ake me Timaru. "E 15,672 anō a mātau haerenga i runga i te whatunga. Ki te whakaaro koe kua hoki mai ia haere, tata ki te 8,000 ngā tāngata tāpiri e whakamahi ana i nga pahi, kaua ko o rātau motokā. He tino nui te āhua o nga pahi, he tokomaha nga tāngata i waho, me te hākinakina i te wāteatanga i tukuna e to rātau haerenga pahi - ā, ko te kitenga i tētahi whiringa tiketike e tino whakaatu ana he whiringa kē te kawenga tūmatanui ki te whakamahi i tētahi motokā".
He mea hira ki a mātau katoa te wā heke mai o te waka tūmatanui, i te mea kei te tipu tonu a Nui Ake Ōtautahi me Timaru. Mēnā kāore anō koe kia kōrero mō te wā heke mai o te waka tūmatanui pāwhiri ki konei.
