Ko te hikoi ā-taahiraa, arā, ko te kanikani whakarunga, whakararo hoki me te puoro hihiri (tata ki te 120 ngā pao i te meneti) i runga i te pētera hei mahi i ngā nekehanga me ngā takahanga o te ā-a-a-a-a. Kei a ia ngā āhuatanga katoa o te ā-a-a-a, ā, i te wā kotahi, nā te mea ko te nuinga o ngā nekehanga e mahia ana i runga i ngā pētera, ka taea e ia te whakarei ake i te mahi manawa me te mahi tahi a te manawa. Nā te mea ko ngā waewae o raro me te papa te kaupapa matua, he mārama te whakapaunga pūngao me te whakaiti i te ngako (ka taea e te akomanga kotahi te kai i te 1000-1500 kcal o te pūngao wera), ka hiki ake i ngā papa me ngā waewae ataahua, ā, ka whakapai ake i ngā uaua wahine.

I tīmata te mahi hikoi waewae i te tau 1968 i te Hononga o Amerika, ā, i tere te horapa o te ao. Ko te mahi hikoi waewae he momo hikoi waewae, ā, kua piki haere te rongonui o te ao mō te whakapakari tinana me te whakaiti taumaha. Ko te take matua mō tēnei ko te kaupapa matua o te nekehanga o te hikoi waewae, arā, ko te whakakotahi i ngā mahi hikoi waewae i roto i te whakamātautau whakapakari tinana me ngā mahi hikoi waewae, me te whakaharatau i runga i tētahi hikoi waewae motuhake—"he mahi hikoi waewae hikoi waewae".

Ngā Āhuatanga o te Tākahi Waewae
Ko te whakapakari tinana e hiahia ana kia mau tonu te kaha o te whakakori tinana ki te taumata waenga, ki te taumata iti rānei, engari ka taea e ngā whakakori tinana te whakarite i te kaha o te whakakori tinana mā te whakarite i te teitei o te papa i raro i te waewae. Hei whakaoti i te mahi kotahi, ko te teitei ake o te waewae, ko te nui ake o te kaha o te whakakori tinana, ko te nui ake hoki o te kaha e pau ana, ā, ko te ritenga kē. Mā tēnei, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakakori tinana te whiriwhiri i ngā waewae o ngā teitei rerekē e ai ki ō rātou ake āhuatanga me ngā kaupapa whakakori tinana.