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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Te whakarite i ngā tamariki mō te pakanga

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Children's play as preparation for warfare

He whakaahua tēnei o ngā tamariki Māori e tirikohu ana ki roto i te awa o Waikato i te tau 1906. He tākaro nui tēnei i ngā wā o mua, pērā i ngā tākaro rākau. Tērā te whakaaro he momo whakangungu te tirikohu me te ruku hei whakauka i te tama i mua i te whāwhā rākau me ngā tūāhua whakataka riri.

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

Rangi Matamua, Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry – Weapons training, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39753/childrens-play-as-preparation-for-warfare (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rangi Matamua, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.