Ko te tikanga te kaitohu i te huarahi tika e pai ai te whakahaere a te Māori i a ia anō. Ki te kore he tikanga e kore e pai tāna noho, ka mate tōna mauri, te mutunga atu ko tōna toiora ka mate. Ki te kore he tikanga, ka  tūtakarerewa te kāhui. He pērā anō te kawa. Ki te kore he kawa, ko taua āhua anō o te pāihiihi o te whakaaro, ko te noho i roto o te kōpā, te mutunga atu ko te pakanga. Engari he nui ngā pōhēhētanga mō te tikanga me te kawa. Ko ētahi tohunga e kī ana he tapu kē atu te kawa i te tikanga, ko ētahi anō e tohe ana mō te tapu o te tikanga. He tohunga anō e kōkiri ana i te haumanutanga o te tikanga me te tāharaharatanga o te kawa. Kai tēnei tuhinga e takoto ai ngā whakamārama mō te tikanga me te kawa me te rerekētanga o tētahi i tētahi.