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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

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

Māori soldiers play ti rākau, Cairo, 1941

He hōia o te tira waiata a Te Hokowhitu a Tū 28th (Māori) Battalion kei te tākaro tī rākau me te waiata i te All Saints Cathedral kei Cairo. I te whakangahau rātou i te minenga i ngā tākaro me ngā waiata a te iwi Māori.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, War History Collection (DA-01514)

Reference: DA-01475-F

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 – Stick games, string games, poi and haka, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39349/kei-te-takaro-ti-rakau-enei-hoia-maori-i-cairo-ko-1941-te-tau (accessed 25 June 2026).

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