Ko te rautaki kaitiakitanga te tino haepapa a ngā kaitiaki, ko rātou nei e whakaaweawe, e whakahaere nei i te rautaki whanaketanga o ngā kohikohinga e tautoko nei i te whāinga a te Whare Tāonga. Mahia ai e tō mātou rōpū kaitiakitanga tēnei i runga i te whanaungatanga ki ngā kaikohi me ngā kaituku, ngā whiwhinga e whāia ana, i runga i te hoko me te mahi tūwaenga, mā te whakaniko i ngā kohikohinga e haere ana. Ko ā mātou tukanga kei te whakatūturu kia kore ai ngā whakapūranga whiwhinga e tāpirihia.
Mā te kohikohi i ngā mahere ia tau i ngā rohe kohikohinga, e whakapakaritia ai e te Mahere Whakawhanaketanga Kohikohinga te taumata ā-rautaki me te taumata ā-tātai. He whakaaetanga whiwhinga tukanga pakari e whakahui katoa ana ki te whaiwhakaaro atu ki te putunga, ngā ture atawhai, ngā uara whakamāramatanga, te hiranga, te whai tikanga mō He Korahi Māori me te whakaohooho i te Teu Le Vā. Ko te Komiti o te Rōpū Kohikohinga kei te whakahaere i tēnei kia tūturu ai te aromata o ngā utu ā-tauoranga me ngā hiahiatanga rauemi i mua o te whakaurutanga ki roto i ngā kohikohinga.
Kua whai pūtea ngā hōtaka nunui e pā ana ki te Whai wāhi Ki Ngā Kohikohinga me ngā Hinonga Kua Rite kia taea ai te whakaiti i ngā kohikohinga o nehe e tārewa ana, kātahi ka whakatutuki i te hātepetanga, i te rākeitanga mauhanga me te whakamamatitanga.
Ko the Mahere Whakawhanaketanga Kohikohinga 2017 kei te whakatakoto i ngā whakaarotau kohikohinga mō ngā tau e rima ki te tekau e heke iho nei. He tautoko ā-tuihono i te rangahau, tomonga hapori, akoranga, whakaaturanga, whakahou whare toi me ngā hōtaka ka taea te ako i te wāhi ake, i wāhi kē. Nā runga i te itiiti o ngā rauemi a te Whare Tāonga ka riro mā te mahere hei whakatūturu te paearu mō te whakawhiwhinga me te whakakorenga tāonga.