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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Kei te tākaro ruru ēnei tamariki

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Māori children playing knucklebones

He tānga tēnei nā Gottfried Lindauer mai i te tau 1907, he tamariki Māori kei te tākaro ruru (ko kōruru, kai makamaka, tutukai, ruke ētahi anō ingoa). Pērā i te nuinga o ngā tākaro a te Māori, he waiata taki ka whai i ngā mahi hei tohu kei tēhea taumata o te tākaro koe e kake haere ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 1915/2/21

by Gottfried Lindauer

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ross Calman, Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro – Games of skill with words and hands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39354/maori-children-playing-knucklebones (accessed 25 June 2026).

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