Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement between the British Crown and Maori. Around this time, there were 125,000 Maori and about 2000 settlers in New Zealand. Sealers and whalers were the first Europeans settlers, followed by missionaries.
Their male subjects burned 105 calories running, 52 walking; the women, 91 and 43. That is, running burns twice as many net calories per mile as walking. And since you can run two miles in the time it takes to walk one mile, running burns four times as many net calories per hour as walking.
It boils down to how many calories are used up. A person walking 5 miles @ 4mph would use approximately 450 calories(6 cal/min for 75 min). Another person cycling @12mph covers 5 miles in 25 min and burns about 300 calories ( 12 cal/min). In the end, I think it's how many calories you burn that matters. calories spent matters.