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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

He tākaro mū

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A game of mū tōrere

He tākaro mū kei te haere. Kei te tautohetohe tonu mō te takenga mai o tēnei tākaro, mehemea i ahu mai i ngā tākaro a te Pākehā, nō mua atu rānei, nō te wā o ngā tīpuna onamata.

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 – Games of skill with words and hands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39355/a-game-of-mu-torere (accessed 25 June 2026).

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