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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Ko Tamatekapua ki runga poutoti, kei Ōhinemutu

Tamatekapua on stilts, Ōhinemutu

Ko Tamatekapua te tipuna o Te Arawa tēnei poupou e hīkoi poutoti ai, i te whare Tamatekapua i Ōhinemutu. I kake a ia mā runga poutoti ki te whānako i ngā hua rākau a te rangatira a Uenuku i Hawaiki, te kāinga tūturu o te Māori. Ka mōhio a Uenuku mō tēnei ka riri; koinei tētahi o ngā take i whakarere a Tamatekapua i Hawaiki ka haere ki Aotearoa mā runga i te waka Te Arawa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Burton Brothers Collection

Reference: PA7-05-36

by Burton Brothers

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

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/photograph/39360/tamatekapua-on-stilts-ohinemutu (accessed 25 June 2026).

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