Ka tupu ngā taonga tākaro papai āhua rerekē i runga i te auahatanga e whakahē ana i ngā tikanga. Whakaarohia he mea papai, he āhua kapua piko, he kanohi rerekē, he nakahi he tinana porowhita e piko ana hei pona, he ngeru rānei he taringa e toru, he hiku e piko ana hei ngākau. Ka tangohia e ngā kaihoahoa te whakaaweawe mai i te moemoeā, ngā tuhinga o te tamarikitanga, tae atu ki ngā taonga o ia rā—whakaarohia he kapu kawhe papai he waewae poto, he kākati rānei he ringa e piko ana i ngā koki rerekē. Kei roto i te mea whakamiharo te āhua: kāore he taonga tākaro papai āhua rerekē e rua e tino ōrite ana, ā, ko te tuitui koretake, ko te whakakī pūngāwerewere rānei ka whakanui ake i tō rātou tuakiri. Ka werohia e ēnei hoahoa te whakaaro me "tino pai" ngā taonga tākaro, e whakaatu ana he tino ataahua ake te ahurei.

Ehara i te mea mō te tākaro noa iho ngā taonga tākaro āhua rerekē i hangaia—he whakapuakitanga māia mō te takitahi. Ka whakaatuhia ēnei taonga e ngā taiohi me ngā pakeke ki runga i ngā whata hei mahi toi, mā te whakamahi i tētahi whetu ngohengohe, āhua rerekē, i tētahi āporoporo ngohengohe rānei me te kanohi tangata hei tāpiri i te āhua whakakatakata ki ngā wāhi iti. Mō ngā tamariki, ka akiakihia e ēnei taonga tākaro te kōrero auaha: ko tētahi taonga tākaro he tinana haurua rāpeti, haurua karetao ka riro hei toa mō ngā haerenga i waenga i ngā ao, ko tētahi taniwha pūkohu me ngā kātene kāore i te ōrite ka whakaoho i te whakaaro mō ngā mea hanga hoa mai i ētahi atu ao. He mea whakamiharo, ko ō rātou āhua rerekē ka whakamarie i a rātou—ko ō rātou āhua koretake e uru motuhake ana ki ngā ringaringa, ā, ko ō rātou āhua ngawari, kāore i te hanganga ka tuku i te ahua o te whakamarie e kore e taea e ngā taonga tākaro kua hoahoatia kia pakari te taurite. Tērā pea ka piri te tamaiti ki tētahi taonga tākaro piko i te wā o te whatitiri, ka kitea he whakamarie i roto i tōna mahana "koretake".