Te Taurite i waenganui i te Kounga me te Utu: He aha te "Kounga Teitei me te Utu Iti" he Māminga Hokohoko i te nuinga o te wā
Nō te maha o ngā tau i roto i te Ahumahi Harikoa, kua kite ahau i tētahi āhuatanga whakamīharo: kāore e taea e tētahi kamupene te whakatutuki i te kounga hua tino pai me te utu iti rawa i te wā kotahi. Ehara tēnei i te mea tūpono noa iho, engari he whakaata noa iho o ngā mātāpono pakihi. Mena kei te whakapau kaha koe ki te hanga hua tino pai, me nui ake te haumi ki ngā rauemi mata, ki te mahi toi, me te whakahaere kounga.
Tangohia tā mātou hua, papa tākaro o roto, hei tauira—mai i te whiriwhiri rauemi mata, ka tohe mātou ki te whakamahi i ngā rauemi kounga teitei. Kāore e taea e koe te whakaputa i tētahi hua kounga teitei me ngā rauemi ngoikore. He poto te roa o te ora o ngā hua i hangaia mai i ngā rauemi kounga iti, he ngāwari ki te pakaru, ā, i te mutunga ka whakaiti i te whakawhirinaki a te kiritaki. Ko tā mātou tukanga whakaputa katoa, mai i te hoko rauemi ki ngā tikanga hanga, tae noa ki te hanganga me te tāutanga, ka whakahaerehia katoatia e tā mātou tīma o roto. Kāore mātou e tuku tāutanga ki waho nā te mea me uru te mana kounga ki roto i ngā taipitopito katoa. Mā tēnei whakahaere ā-roto mai i te pito ki te pito ka whakarite i te kounga whakamutunga o ā mātou ngā hua papa tākaro o roto mō ngā tamariki, engari ko te tikanga anō hoki he nui ake ngā utu whānui.
"Ka whiwhi koe i tāu e utu ana"—e mau tonu ana tēnei whakaaro pakihi tawhito i ēnei rā. Ko tā mātou e whai nei ehara i te utu tino iti rawa, engari ko te whai huatanga nui: te whakatutuki i te hiranga i ngā āhuatanga katoa me te pupuri tonu i te utu whaitake. Heoi, he maha ngā tāngata hou ki tēnei umanga kāore i te wheako, ā, ka ngawari te kukume mai i ngā utu iti rawa. Ko tā rātou e kore e mārama ko te whiriwhiri i te kōwhiringa iti rawa te utu he maha ngā wā ka puta he raruraru huna i roto i ngā rauemi, i te mahi toi, i te ratonga rānei, ā, ka mutu ka puta te hua matarohia o te "whakaaro nui me te wairangi pauna."
Me tautoko i te utu mō te waihanga uara tūturu. He nui ake te utu mō ngā rauemi mata kounga teitei, he nui ake te utu a ngā tohunga toi mō ō rātou wā, ka piki ake ngā utu whakahaere i ngā tukanga tirotiro kounga tino pakari, ā, me haumi pūtea tonu te rangahau me te auahatanga—kāore e taea te whakatutuki i tētahi o ēnei mā te tapahi noa i ngā kokonga. Ko ngā hua e kī ana he "kounga teitei, he iti te utu" he maha ngā wā ka raru i tētahi wāhi: tera pea i roto i te matotoru o ngā rauemi, te tika o te huihuinga, te ratonga muri-hoko rānei.
I ngā mākete kāore i te ōrite ngā mōhiohio, ko te utu te paearu whiriwhiri tino māmā. Engari ko ngā kaihoko mātau e titiro ana ki tua atu i te utu ki te uho: Ka titiro rānei tēnei te papa tākaro o roto Kei te roa te hua? He ngaio, he wā tika hoki te ratonga? He aha te utu katoa mō te mana pupuri? He maha rawa ngā wā kua kite tātou i te whiriwhiri a ngā kiritaki i ngā hua iti te utu hei penapena i te haumitanga tuatahi, ā, i muri tata mai ka hiahiatia he whakatikatika, he whakakapinga rānei, ā, ka nui ake te mate pūtea i te wā roa.
E whakapono ana mātou ko te mauri o te pakihi ko te whakawhitiwhiti uara. Te whakarato i te kounga teitei pono. papa tākaro mō ngā tamariki ngā hua me ngā ratonga, te utu utu tika, me te hanga whanaungatanga kiritaki mō te wā roa—koinei te tauira pakihi pumau. I ia wā ka whiriwhiri te kiritaki i tā mātou papa tākaro o roto mō ngā tamariki hua, ehara i te mea he taonga anake tā rātou e hoko ana, engari he rangimarie anō hoki o te hinengaro, he whakapau kaha ki te mahi ngaio, me tō mātou whakapau kaha ki te kounga.
I tēnei ao manawanui kore, me maia, me manawanui hoki te pupuri i te kounga. Engari e tino whakapono ana mātou ko taua manawanui anake ka taea te whiwhi i te whakawhirinaki roa a ngā kiritaki, ā, ka taea ai e te kamupene te tū pakari i roto i te whakataetae mākete nui. Heoi anō, kāore te uara pono e memeha haere i te wā; engari, ka tiaho ake i te huringa o ngā tau.