Ko te paura tākamu, i ahu mai i te kohuke tākamu, he paura pai rawa e mōhiotia ana mō tōna ngawari me te maeneene o te kakano. He whānuitia ōna whakamahinga puta noa i ngā ahumahi maha nā ōna āhuatanga ahurei. I roto i ngā mahi whakapaipai, ka whakamahia te paura tākamu hei wāhanga matua o te paura pēpi, ngā paura kanohi, me ngā tākamu tinana hei mimiti i te makuku, hei whakaiti i te waku, hei whakarato hoki i te kare whakamatao ki te kiri.

Hei tāpiri, ka whakamahia te paura tākamu i roto i te umanga rongoā hei whakakī me te hinu whakahinuhinu i roto i ngā papa me ngā kāpū, hei whakarei ake i tā rātou tukanga hanga. I roto i te umanga rapa me te kirihou, ka mahi hei kaihoko whakakaha, ā, ka āwhina ki te whakapai ake i te pakari me te ngāwari o ngā hua. Hei tāpiri, ka whakamahia te paura tākamu i roto i te umanga peita me te paninga hei whakarei ake i te maeneene me te ōrite o ngā whakaotinga.

Nā tōna maha o ngā whakamahinga me ōna āhuatanga rerekē, he mea nui te paura papaka ki ngā ahumahi maha, ā, e whai wāhi ana ki te hanga i te whānuitanga o ngā hua.