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Kōrero: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

Te tākaro kī-o-rahi

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A game of kī-o-Rahi

Kei te tākaro kī-o-rahi tēnei rōpū, he tākaro hihiko ka tākarotia ki runga papa tākaro porowhita nei te āhua. E rua ngā tīma, ko tētahi ko te tīma ārai e kīia nei ko ngā ‘taniwha’, ko tētahi ko te tīma kōkiri e kīia nei ko te tīma ‘kīoma’. Ka whai māka te tīma mā te whakapā i te pōro ki te tupu kei waenganui pū i te papa tākaro. He rerekē ngā ture ki tēnā rohe, ki tēnā rohe. Ka taea hoki te tākaro i te kī-o-rahi hei tākaro pā, hei tākaro tukituki rānei. E ai ki ētahi o te hunga hāpai i te tākaro kī-o-rahi, nō mua noa atu tēnei tākaro i te taenga mai o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa.

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Ross Calman, Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro – Suppression and revival, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39363/a-game-of-ki-o-rahi (accessed 25 June 2026).

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