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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Kei te purei māpere ēnei tamariki i Ōhinemutu, ko 1955 pea te tau

Children playing marbles at Ōhinemutu, around 1905

Kei te purei mapere ēnei tamariki ki te mahau o Tamatekapua i Ōhinemutu kei Rotorua. Tae rawa ki te paunga o te rau tau 1900 kua kaha te whai a ngā Māori i ngā tākaro me ngā hākinakina a te Pākehā, me te whakarere i ngā tākaro tūturu a te Māori. Ko ētahi o ngā tākaro hou i naomia atu e te Māori ko te purei kāri, tarāwhe, te reihi hōiho, te hāhau poro, te mekemeke, te kaiaka me te hutupōro.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-5671-04

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 – Suppression and revival, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39362/children-playing-marbles-at-ohinemutu-around-1905 (accessed 25 June 2026).

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