Ki te whakatūhia he waihora akiriki i ngā marae whare, ka hangaia te whakahau. He nuinga rātou. He aha te utu, ko tēnā he mea e haere ana i ngā manuhiri. I te tuhinga e whai ake nei, ka tirohia e māua ngā hāpaitanga e paunga i te utu o te waihora akiriki, ka whakawhiti kōrero hoki i ētahi momo huarahi hei whakaiti i ngā utu whakamahana.
Nā ngā huarere me ngā whakaaro kē o ngā iwi ki runga i ngā waihora akiriki i waenga i ngā tau. Ka noho wehe tonu te utu o ngā waihora akiriki, nā ētahi atu hāpaitanga. Ko te rahinga o te waihora, ko ngā rara hei hanga ai, ko te mōhiotanga o te hanga e āhei ana ki te whakarerekē i te utu. Ki te katoa, ka noho nui rawa atu te utu o ngā waihora akiriki i ngā waihora karara, he nui ngā paihikara, pērā i te mana moe me te āhua hei whakarerekē.
Ko te rahi o te waiariki he take nui e āheinga ana i te utu. Ko ngā waiariki nui ake he utu nui ake hoki te whakatū, ina e hiahia ana ki ngā rara moana me te mahi nui ake. Ka mihi anō hoki te pai o ngā rara. Ko te akirikia pai ake he utu nui ake, engari ka whakamahia he momo whakatū herehere ake.
Ko te hanga o te kura he mea etahi anō e āheinga ana i te utu. He mea nui ake ngā hanga tūhono - pērā i ngā waihangatanga whakauru rānei, ngā mātāwhero rānei - hei whakapai i te utu. Ka āheinga anō te utu e pā ana ki whea ka whakatakoto koe i te kura, ā, e pā ana hoki ki ngā mahi taunaki whenua kua hiahia, ināianei. Hei tauira, mēnā kua hiahia koe ki te whakatika rānei, te whakarite rānei i te whenua mua noa i te whakatū, ko tērā e whakapai ana i te moni.
Nō reira, ēngari he nui ake te utu tuatahi o ngā kura akiriki nei i runga i ngā kura kararae, he mea nui ngā painga o ngā kura akiriki: Kei te whai mana ngā akiriki, ka taea te whakamana i ēnei momo huarere, kei te iti rawa atu te whakapae ki te korenga rānei, ki te kore whakawāhi rānei. Ko te pai ake: Ka hangaia ngā kura akiriki i roto i tētahi āhua rānei, i tētahi rahi rānei, e hīkina ana te whakawai o tō marae kai.
He mea nui ake hoki ngā kura kararae i te āheinga haere me te waihanga wātea, ā, he iti rawa atu hoki i te utu. Nā tērā ka pai ake ki ngā tangata e hiahia ana ki te whakarite i ā rātou moni. Heoi, kaore e taea ana te whakatūpū hei tae atu ki te āheinga o ngā kura akiriki, ā, kaore hoki e taea ana ki te whakamana i te ōrite.
Ka kite koe i te whakaaro o ake me pēhea te utu e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamahana i tētahi waihora, ka tīmata koe ki te whakaputu mai me te whakatakoto i tō kāwhitū. E pai anō kia whakaputu ai koe i ētahi moni i roto i ngā marama. Ka hiahia anō hoki koe ki te whakaarohia he whakaaetanga moni rānei hei whakangaha i ngā utu i waenganui i ngā marama.