He waka motu roa hanga i te kaiwhakarato kohikohinga i ngā taunga waka rere, e whakamahia ana hei whakatō kohikohi whakaaroaro ki ngā waka rere. He whakaae noa tonu tēnei waka motu ki te haere i roto i te ao matihiko me te ao turetanga o ngā taunga waka rere. E āta whakaritea nei ngā waka motu nei ki te whakapakari i ngā pūtau kohikohi nui rawa, i hangaia mai i ngā matāpuna whakapono hei tiaki i te mana o te kohikohi i te wa kawea me te wa noho. He mīhini mete hoki e whakauru ana ki te whakamātau i te nui o te kohikohi i tae atu, inahea ko te whakamātau pai o te kohikohi he mea nui mo te mahi me te haumanu o ngā waka rere. Ko te haere pai he mea nui rawa, ka whakauru ngā whakaaetanga ake pērā i ngā puapua whakataki wehe ā-wāhi ā-tau, ngā kākahu whakamutu ahi, me ngā rāngitahi whakatakotoranga pūnaha kore. Hei tā ngā waka motu whakarato kohikohi i ngā taunga waka rere, he pūmotu whakangungu hoki e whakamana ana i te whakawhiti kōrero i waenganui i ngā kaimahi o te whenua waka rere, ā, e whakamana ana i ngā mahi whakarato kohikohi pai me te tiaki i te haerenga o ngā waka rere.