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Kōrero: Ngā takaro a ngā tūpuna

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Ngā hākinakina me ngā tākaro i te ao Māori

Huiterangiora meeting house, Rūātoki

Huiterangiora, Ruātoki

Poster showing traditional Māori recreations, 1970s

He pānui mō ngā tākaro me ngā hākinakina a te Māori onamata, mai ngā tau o 1970

Hōne Heke with Te Ruki Kawiti and Hāriata Rongo

Ko Hone Heke ko Te Ruki Kawiti ko Hāriata Rongo

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Ngā kaiaka

Te Houtaewa's descendants race on Ninety Mile Beach

Ka reihi ngā uri a Te Houtaewa i te Oneroa a Tōhē

Spear throwing with the kataha

Te whiu kōtaha

Tīpao – a stone throwing device

Te tīpao – he whiu

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ngā tākaro i te wai

Swimming in the Waikato River, 2011

Te kaukau i te awa o Waikato i te tau 2011

Children diving

Kei te tirikohu ngā tamariki

Waka hurdle race, Ngāruawāhia, 1955

Te reihi waka ki Ngāruawāhia i te tau 1955

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Ngā tākaro korikori i te tinana

Moari (swing)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Te tī rākau me ētahi atu tākaro aho

Poi rākau

Women play titi torea, around 1910

Kei te tākaro titi tōrea

Māori soldiers play ti rākau, Cairo, 1941

Kei te tākaro tī rākau ēnei hōia Māori i Cairo, ko 1941 te tau

Whai (string games)

Te whai (1 o 1)

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Ngā mahi ā-ringaringa me te whai kupu

Hand game competitions, Whakatāne, 1966

He whakataetae tākaro ā-ringa ki Whakatāne, ko 1966 te tau

Māori children playing knucklebones

Kei te tākaro ruru ēnei tamariki

A game of mū tōrere

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Ngā manu tukutuku, ngā pōtaka me ētahi atu momo tākaro

Manu tukutuku (birdman kite), 1890

He manu tukutuku nō te tau 1890

Karetao (puppet), early 1800s

He karetao (nō te tōmuatanga o te rau tau 1800)

Pōtaka tā (whip tops)

Tamatekapua on stilts, Ōhinemutu

Ko Tamatekapua ki runga poutoti, kei Ōhinemutu

Reti (sled)

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Ka tāmia kātahi ka whakaorangia

Children playing marbles at Ōhinemutu, around 1905

Kei te purei māpere ēnei tamariki i Ōhinemutu, ko 1955 pea te tau

A game of kī-o-Rahi

Te tākaro kī-o-rahi (1 o 2)

How to play kī-o-Rahi

Me pēhea te tākaro kī-o-rahi (2 o 2)

Manu Aute Kite Day, Auckland, 2011

Te rā mō ngā manu aute, Tāmaki-makau-rau i te tau 2011

Waka ama regatta, Auckland, 2009

Whakataetae waka ama ki Tāmaki-makau-rau i te tau 2009

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Ross Calman, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nga-takaro-a-nga-tupuna/media (accessed 28 September 2023)

He kōrero nā Ross Calman, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013