Games and pastimes of the Maori

This account by Elsdon Best is online at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

The history of waka ama

Maitahi outrigger canoe club describes the history of waka ama (outrigger canoes) for racing.

Journal of the Polynesian Society: Meeting of Maori and European cultures and its effects upon the unorganized games of Maori children

This article by Brian Sutton-Smith explores the effect of European contact on Māori children’s games.

Kī-o-rahi

Kī-o-rahi is a Māori team sport gaining in popularity.

Waka Ama History in Aotearoa

A timeline tracing the history of the sport in Aotearoa.

Andersen, Johannes Carl. Maori string figures. Wellington: Board of Maori Ethnological Research, 1927.

Beattie, James Herries. Traditional lifeways of the Southern Māori: the Otago University Museum ethnological project, 1920. Edited by Atholl Anderson. Dunedin: Otago University Press in association with Otago Museum, 2009.

Brown, Harko. Ngā taonga tākaro: Māori sports and games. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2005.

Maysmor, Bob. Te manu tukutuku: a study of the Māori kite. Wellington: Allen and Unwin, 1990.