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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

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

Karetao (puppet), early 1800s

I whakamaua ngā ringa o te karetao ki tōna tinana mā ēnei aho ka werohia ki ngā puarenga ki ōna pakihiwi. Ka mau te tangata i te karetao mā te hānara kei tōna pūtake, ka whakaneke i ngā ringa mā te kumekume i ngā aho.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME023983

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ross Calman, Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro – Flying kites, spinning tops and other games, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/39358/karetao-puppet-early-1800s (accessed 25 June 2026).

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