He aha te tikanga o te takai? He aha rānei te hiranga o te takai?
I roto i te oranga o te tangata, e toru ngā taumata o ngā hiahia:
ko te tuatahi ko te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia taketake o te kai me te kakahu;
Ko te tuarua ko te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia wairua o te tangata i muri i te kai me te kākahu;
Ko te tuatoru, ko te haere ki tua atu i ngā matea ā-tinana me ā-wairua o tētahi atu momo oranga ngākau kore, he kīwaha noa anō hoki tēnei e mea ana kua wehea te tangata i ngā mea ā-tinana, kāore e aro ki te āhua teitei.
Engari, ki te mea he pono ake, he pēnei rānei te momo tono wairua, ko te paerewa o ngā hiahia o te tangata me te whakapai ake i te ahurea o te motu katoa, ka tino heke te taumata o ngā paerewa ataahua o te tangata. Nō reira, ko ngā mea katoa hei whakamanawareka i ngā kaihoko, hei whakatutuki i te ataahua, te ataahua, me te hiahia o ngā kaihoko ki te whai i te ataahua kei te tere haere. Hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia hinengaro o te tangata, me te whakatutuki i te aroha o te tangata ki te ataahua, kei roto hoki i ngā tākai taonga ngā kaihanga me ngā pakihi, hei hanga i tētahi ahua ataahua ake, kia hinga ai ngā kaihoko i te kitenga tuatahi, kāore e taea te wehe atu, mai i te hiahia ki te maioha, ki te whakatutuki i te makona hinengaro whakamutunga o taua kaupapa whakamutunga.
Mai i te tīmatanga o te hokohoko taonga, kua uru puku mai ki te oranga o te tangata te takai taonga. Me kī ko te takai taonga he hua o te whanaketanga whānui o te ao tūroa tangata me te ao wairua. I te whakapainga o ngā paerewa oranga o te tangata, ka piki haere te uara nui me te huri i tana mahi pokapū taumaha. Arā, hei tāpiri atu ki te tiaki i ngā taonga, te kawe watea me te rokiroki, he mea nui ake te whakatairanga i te hoko taonga me te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia hinengaro ataahua o te tangata. Nō reira, ko te mahi tuatahi o te takai taonga ko te whakatairanga i te hoko.
Mā te whakatairanga i ngā hoko anake ka taea ai e ngā kaihanga me ngā pakihi o ngā hua te kimi i ā rātou ake mākete.
