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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Kei te tirikohu ngā tamariki

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Children diving

Ko te tirikohu (te kōkiri te ruku rānei) tētahi hākinakina tākaro nui a te Māori, ka mutu, ka hau te rongo mō ngā wāhi pai mō te tirikohu ki roto wai, haere ake haere ake.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: Elsdon Best, Games and pastimes of the Maori. Wellington: Government Printer, 1925

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 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 – Water sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39342/children-diving (accessed 25 June 2026).

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