Ko te Hōtaka Mātauranga Atekōkiri Hōu (NDEP), he mahi ngātahi i waenganui i te NZTA me te ACC. Mai i te tīmatanga, i pūmau te tīma kaupapa kia hoahoa te hōtaka me te arotahi kaiwhakamahi tōtika.
Ko te whāinga matua o te hōtaka ko te whakaora i ngā oranga i ngā huarahi o Aotearoa. Ko te poto ko te waihanga tahi i tētahi tohu whakauru ki ngā kaiwhakamahi, kia whakawhiti kōrero ai ki a rātou i runga i ā rātou whakaritenga.
He maha ngā wātū whakauru kaiwhakamahi i whakahaeretia me ngā rangatahi Kiwi puta noa i Aotearoa hei whakamōhio i te hoahoa o te parani. I whakamātauria ngā wae katoa o te parani ki tā mātou hunga rangatahi kiwi— mai i te ingoa o te hōtaka ki te āhua o te reo o te parani. Me te āhua o te whakararuraru i ngā mea, kāore i te mīharo ko te karere auau e puta mai ana i ēnei wātū ko te 'kia māmā, kaua ahau e heahea'.
Hei urupare ki te take o ngā rangatahi Kiwi e whiwhi ana i tō rātou raihana, kātahi ka wareware i ngā mea katoa i akona e rātou — i waihangatia tētahi rautaki parani mārama, hinengaro kotahi i whakatū ai i te ariā uho o te parani o te 'Puku Roto'. I whakatūria e Inner Drive te parani hei huarahi ki te whakahauhau i ngā atekōkiri rangatahi katoa kia haere tonu ki te pai ake. I whakamaharatia rātau ko te whiwhi i tō rātou raihana te tīmatanga noa iho.