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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Ko Hone Heke ko Te Ruki Kawiti ko Hāriata Rongo

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Hōne Heke with Te Ruki Kawiti and Hāriata Rongo

He nui ngā tikanga i roto i ngā waiata me ngā tākaro a te Māori onamata. I te tau 1845 i te wā o ngā pakanga i te Tai Tokerau, ka hau te rongo mō tētahi mahi i mahia ki Waiaruhe, arā, i whiua e Hōne Heke tana tutukai ki a Tāmati Wāka Nene. I roto i tana tutukai kei te whakatūpato a Hōne i a Nene kei te haere mai te wā ka pakanga a Hōne Heke ki a ia. He tānga tēnei o Hōne Heke rāua ko tōna hoa rangatira a Hāriata Rongo me Te Ruki Kawiti ihorei o Ngā Puhi me Ngāti Hine.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-012-019

by Joseph Jenner Merrett

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ross Calman, Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro – Sports and games in traditional Māori society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39336/hone-heke-with-te-ruki-kawiti-and-hariata-rongo (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ross Calman, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.