Ka rerekē te utu o tētahi ngongo koiri maitai kore waikura i runga i te rahi me te momo e hiahiatia ana e koe. Ko ētahi o ngā mea e pā ana ki te utu ko ngā utu whakaputa, te uaua o te hoahoa, te kounga o ngā rauemi mata me ngā whakaritenga whakaoti e hiahiatia ana. I te nuinga o te wā, he nui ake te utu o ngā ngongo whānui nui atu i ngā mea iti ake nā te mea he rahi. Ko te roa o te ngongo ka piki ake te utu nā te mea he nui ake ngā rauemi e hiahiatia ana hei hanga.

He rerekē ngā tikanga me ngā āhua o ngā kaihanga i te hanga ngongo kopikopiko. I runga i ō hiahia, ka hiahia pea koe ki ngā ngongo porowhita, porowhita rānei; ngā kopikopiko tika/porowhita; ngā pito kōhao/ma, me ētahi atu āhuatanga kua whakaritea pērā i ngā pito miro, ngā whakaoti whakairo rānei. Ka pā nui ēnei rerekētanga katoa ki te utu katoa, ā, mā ētahi atu kōwhiringa ka piki ake ngā utu, inā koa ka uru mai he mahi ritenga mai i ngā kaihanga.

Ko ngā rauemi mata tētahi atu āhuatanga e pā ana ki te utu o ngā ngongo koiri, nā te mea he rerekē rawa ngā momo maitai kore waikura i runga i te kounga me te utu. Hei tauira – e kiia ana ko te momo maitai takirua he mea teitei ake nā te mea he kaha ake tōna ki te 304 (he iti ake te mahi tono). Hei tāpiri, kei reira anō te 316L e kiia ana he pai ake mō ētahi tono, ā, he hua utu nui ake i runga i tēnei meka anake.

Ina kōrerohia ngā 'utu' e pā ana ki ngā Ngongo Kowiri tira, he mea nui kia kaua e whakaarohia te utu hoko tuatahi anake, engari me te tatau i te huringa ora katoa, arā, ngā utu tiaki i roto i te wā! Tērā pea kāore e tere te waikura o ngā konganuku matotoru, engari ko ngā konganuku angiangi me whakatika tonu mēnā ka pāngia tonutia e ngā huānga pakari – ka nui ake ngā utu whakatika puta noa i ngā wāhanga whakamahinga mahi i roto i ngā tau kei mua… Ko te whakarite kia tika te whiriwhiri i te kōeke e rite ana ki te kaupapa mahi me waiho hei kaupapa matua i mua i te tono wāhanga hou!

Hei whakarāpopototanga – he maha ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te tatau i te tau whakamutunga 'e hia te nui o te ngongo koiri' mā te aromatawai i ngā rahi e hiahiatia ana; ngā tono āhuatanga ritenga; ngā kōeke whakarewa i whiriwhiria me te tātari pānga huringa ora katoa kei roto hoki… Mā te rangahau i mua i te whakamahi i ngā korero a ngā kaiwhakarato ka taea e te tangata te kimi i te utu pai rawa atu e tutuki ana i ngā whakaritenga kaupapa motuhake me te kore e whakararu i ngā paerewa haumaru i ngā huarahi katoa!