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He maha ngā mātāpono, ngā huarahi, ngā kaupapa, ngā uarā, ngā
raruraru e pēhi ana i tā te whānau titiro, ki te whai pūtea moni hei
whakaūpoko i te tū a te whānau i roto i tēnei ao hurihuri. Ki te
whai wāhi mai te pūtea nei, kāre e roa e wehewehea ana ia
wāhanga ki konā, ia wāhanga ki konā kua pau. Heoi anō, ahakoa
ngā kukume kia riro tētahi wāhanga ki te whānau ake, tērā tonu
te whakaaro ki te whītiki atu ki ngā uri e noho manene ana i te
mata o te whenua, hei āwhina hoki i a rātau. Inā ngā hui maha
a te Māori. Kāre hoki e mihi ka tuku anō he wāhanga ki reira. Ko
te huarahi ka whāia, kāhore ko te wehewehe i taua pūtea hei
oranga mō te whānau ake, ēngari ko te whakaaro whānui ki ngā
uri, e noho manene ana ki te mata o te whenua.
Ka noho ngātahi tonu te whānau me tōna whānau whānui i
runga tonu i te whakaaro kia noho tata ā wairua, ā tinana, ā
whakaaro hoki. I runga i tēnei āhuatanga ka noho te whānau hei
pakihiwi āwhina i ngā uri, hei tuara āwhina i te whānau whānui
mō ētahi o āna kaupapa.
Koia tēnei ko te titiro o te rangahau i kitea ai ngā whakatau
ngā whakanekeneke o “Tā te whānau Ohangā".
I kitea rā he rerekē anō tā te Iwi Māori titiro ki te pūtea moni
e kuhu mai ana ki roto i te whānau. Ka haere tahi tēnei pūtea kia
puta whakawaho ki te tautoko i ngā āhutanga e pā ana ki te
whānau Māori. Kāore i pēnei mō tauiwi

The relationship between Māori families and their whānau must
be taken into account when assumptions are made about access
to household income. For Māori families involved in active
whānau, it can be expected that an unspecified and unpredictable
amount of the total income may go out of the household for
whānau purposes, taking precedence over basic subsistence
needs. In these cases, the household is not an independent
economic unit, but is part of the wider group, where resources
flow between the two. The effects of this interrelationship on
household economics is both positive and negative.
The financial costs of whānau participation identified in "Tā
Te Whānau Ohanga: the Economics of the Whānau" are the costs
sustaining the foundations of Māoridom. For non-Maori analysts
of income allocation, the challenge presented by Māoridom is to
recognise and understand the fundamental differences between
Maori ideas and practices regarding the family, and those of the
Pākehā and other European-based cultures.