Mō te kaupapa o te Kawenata o te wā:

"Ko te whakawhitiwhiti", arā, ko ngā reo, pānuitanga tuhi, Tuhi Kāpō, whakawhitiwhiti titiro me te rongo, tuhinga nui, ngā rongorau e wātea ki te tokomaha me ngā mea tuhi, rongo, reo-māmā, pānui ā-tangata, me ngā tikanga, āhuatanga me te whakarite whakarawaka me te rerekē, tikanga me ngā whakataka whakawhitiwhiti, tae noa ki ngā pārongo me ngā hangarau whakawhitiwhiti e wātea ki te tokomaha;

"Ko te reo", koia tērā ko ngā reo kōrero me te rotarota me ētahi atu momo reo kōrero-kore;

"Ko te whakahāwea i runga i te hauātanga", koia tērā ko te wehe, te aukati, te whakawhāiti rānei i runga i te hauātanga e whakaiti, e whakakore rānei i te whakaaetanga, te whiwhi me te whakamahi ōrite ki ētahi atu, ngā tika tangata me ngā wāteatanga taketake katoa o ngā wāhi tōrangapū, ōhanga, pāpori, ahurea, ā-tangata, tētahi atu rānei. Kei roto anō ko ngā momo whakahāwea katoa, tae noa ki te whakahē i ngā nōhanga tōtika;

Ko te "nōhanga whaitake" ko ngā whakatikatika me ngā whakarerekētanga tōtika e tino hiahiatia, e kore e pēhia inatihia, e hiahiatia i roto i tētahi āhuatanga ake, ki te whakaū i te whiwhitanga me te whakamahitanga, ōrite ki ētahi atu, a te hunga hauā i ngā tika tangata me ngā wāteatanga taketeake katoa;

"Ko te Hoahoa Whānui" ko te hoahoa o ngā taonga hoko, taiao, hōtaka me ngā ratonga ka whakamahia e ngā tāngata katoa ki tōna nui rawa, me te kore hiahia kia whakarerekēhia, āta whakahāngai mātangatia rānei. E kore te "hoahoa whānui" e aukati i ngā taonga āwhina mō ētahi rōpū hauā e hiahia ana i tēnei.