Hohaia will be back at his Kiwis test position of fullback against competition leaders Melbourne in Auckland on Sunday after having spent the past two weeks coming off the bench to provide dummy half cover.
He is understandably happy with his recall to the starting 13, which follows the unavailability of incumbent Kevin Locke and another fullback option, Glen Fisiiahi, both of whom are out with minor injuries.
"I always want to be out on the field for as long as possible," he said.
"It's unfortunate we've lost a couple of key guys. 'Nobby' and 'Fish' have been playing really well. It's a matter of getting out there and doing my job the best I can."
It has been a bit of a mixed bag this year for Hohaia, who is the longest serving of the present Warriors and made the first of his 175 appearances in the club's grand final year of 2002.
He began this season in the No 1 jersey, but was dropped after the side lost their first three matches, with Fisiiahi taking over and producing a star turn as the Warriors beat Cronulla in Taupo to break their duck.
Fisiiahi then got injured, which meant Hohaia was back at fullback for one of the Warriors' best wins of the season, their 18-14 upset over the Storm in Melbourne in an Anzac Day thriller.
However, when Locke was given the opportunity as custodian early last month, he went on to make the spot his own with some strong performances before picking up a knee injury last weekend.
During his time at the Warriors, Hohaia has popped up in a range of backline positions and also at hooker.
When the 27-test Kiwis international heads to English club St Helens at the end of the year, he will get the chance to play in his preferred role of halfback.
In the meantime, he has no qualms about carrying out whatever duties are required of him.
"I've done it before over the years and that's my job," he said.
"I've played in all sorts of positions in my career. I'm definitely pretty familiar with fullback so I'm happy about getting back there."
The win over Melbourne was the start of a five-matching winning streak that lifted the Warriors to fifth on the table.
However, they have come unstuck since returning from their first bye, losing all three matches.
Of particular concern has been the combined 56 points they have leaked against the Wests Tigers and North Queensland in the past two rounds, with most of those coming in the final quarter of each match.
In their 10-30 loss to the Cowboys, they missed 50 tackles to take their season tally to 536, or an average of 38 per fixture, the league's highest.
"It's more of an attitude thing collectively from everybody, especially late in the game, where we've let teams get on top of us," Hohaia said.
"When we won those five games in a row, we weren't playing our greatest football, but we were competing really well and finishing teams off in the last 20."
