Nā te pai o te mahi me te utu tika, he whānuitia te whakamahinga o ngā pūnga kiriata i roto i ngā ahumahi maha pērā i te hikohiko, ngā taputapu kāinga, te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, te hiko, te rerewē hiko, ngā waka ranu, te hau me te whakaputa hiko o te rā, me ētahi atu. Kua noho hei wāhanga hiko tino nui hei whakatairanga i te whakahoutanga o ngā ahumahi o runga ake nei. I te wā e hoko ana, i ētahi wā ka whiriwhiria e tātou te pūnga kiriata kāore i te tika te kaha, pērā i te mea he nui te kaha. He tika tēnei?

E ai ki te mātāpono o ngā pūnga hiko, ina whiriwhiria e te nuinga o tātou ngā pūnga hiko kiriata, ko te nui ake o te kaha, ko te pai ake. Ahakoa he tika te kōrero nei, i roto i te hangarau o nāianei, ko te nui ake o te kaha, ko te nui ake o te rahinga o te pūnga hiko, ka nui ake te wāhi e nohoia ana. I roto i ētahi hua hiko pēnei i te waea pūkoro, he mea tino nui te wāhi. Ki te he te whiriwhiri i te pūnga hiko he nui rawa te kaha, kāore e tika ana te moumou i te tūranga.

Ka pā te kaha nui ki te tohatoha wera i te wā kotahi, engari kāore te tohatoha wera kino e pai mō te pūnga kiriata, mō te taputapu rānei. Hei tāpiri, i te nuinga o te wā, ko te nui ake o te kaha pūnga o te momo ātete ngaohiko kotahi, ko te nui ake o te utu, me whiriwhiri tātou i te mea tika, kaua i te mea utu nui. Nō reira, me whiriwhiri tātou i te pūnga kiriata ka taea te whakatutuki i te hiahia o te ara iahiko whānui. Kāore he take ki te whai noa i te kaha nui. Ko te mea tika te mea pai.