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kī-o-rahi

kī-o-rahi (a traditional Māori game)

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WHAKAMĀRAMA

He tākaro tuku iho nā te Māori. He tākaro horohoro ka tauwhāingatia ki tētahi papa tūwaho āhua whārahi nei, ki waenganui i ētahi kapa e rua. He paku rerekētanga o te tākaro ki tēnā iwi, ki tēnā rōpū, engari ko te tikanga Māori me te wairua whakawhanaunga kei te iho.

A traditional Māori game. Kī-o-rahi is a fast-paced game played on a reasonably large outdoor field and contested between two teams. The game has variations between tribal areas and different groups, but Māori custom and relationships are at the core. 

Tauira KŌrero

I tōna wā, he kaha nō Te Puea Herangi ki te whakatairanga i ngā tākaro tuku iho a te Māori, pērā i te kī-o-rahi.

Ia tau whakatūria ai he whakataetae kī-o-rahi mā ngā wharekura o te motu.

Kua tino whakaarangia ake te kī-o-rahi me ētahi atu tākaro tuku iho i roto i te rua tekau tau kua pahure nei.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Tokowhitu ngā kaitākaro o ia kapa kī-o-rahi, ka tohua tētahi ko ngā kīoma, ko tētahi ko ngā taniwha, ā, ka hohoko ēnei tūmahi a ngā kapa i te wā haurua, i te wā hauwhā rānei.

He porowhita te āhua o te papa tākaro, e toru ōna rohe, ka whakatūria he pou ki te pokapū, koia hei keo, ka kīia ko te tupu. E whitu hoki ngā pou, ngā koeko rānei ka whakatūria i te rohe o Te Ao. I tua atu i te tupu me ngā pou, ko te tētahi atu utauta ka hiahiatia. He momo poi iti te , he māmā te pupuri ki te ringa kotahi:



Ko tā ngā kīoma hei tīmata i te kēmu, he maka, he whana rānei i te kī i te rohe o Te Marama, hei hopu mā tētahi hoakapa i te rohe o Te Pawero. Ka makaia te kī ki waenganui i ngā kīoma, ka oma rānei te kaikawe . Ko te whāinga kia whakapā atu te kī ki tētahi pou i te rohe o Te Ao, mā reira e piro ai. Engari kāore aua piro e tatauria, āpānoa kia whakatauria te kī ki te papa i te rohe o Te Pawero. Tokorua ngā kīoma ki te rohe o Te Pawero, ko tā rāua mahi he tiaki i te tupu, arā, he aukati i te kī ka whiua e ngā taniwha. Tokorima ngā kīoma ki te rohe o Te Ao. Ka whakaaetia ngā kīoma ki te rohe o Te Roto mēnā e kawe ana i te kī, ā, e whai ana kia whakatakotoria te kī ki te papa i Te Pawero. Kāore e whakaaetia te hoki whakamuri ki te rohe o Te Ao. Mēnā ka rutua, ka whakapāngia, ka kōwhakina rānei te kihukihu o te kīoma, ka tukuna te kī ki ngā taniwha, ā, ka kore e tatauria ā rātou piro.

Ko tā ngā taniwha, he whai ki te whānako i te kī i te wā e makaia ana ki waenganui i ngā kīoma, he rutu, he whakapā, he kōwhaki rānei i ngā kihukihu o te kīoma e kawe ana i te . Ina tutuki ka riro i ngā taniwha te . Mā te whiu i te kia pā atu ki te tupu e piro ai ngā taniwha. Kāore e whakaaetia kia nui ake i te rima ngā taniwha ki te rohe o Te Roto, kāore e whakaaetia ki Te Pawero, hāunga te whiupeke mai i Te Roto, engari me whiu te i mua i te taunga o te waewae ki Te Pawero. Kāore e herea ana te maha o ngā taniwha ki te rohe o Te Ao.

Ko te kī-o-rahi tētahi o ngā tākaro poi maha a ngā tīpuna, i mutu te tākarohia o te nuinga i te wā o te tāmitanga. Nō nā tata nei kua whakaarangia ake ētahi hei tākaro mā te hunga whai i te kaupapa Māori.

Tauira KŌrero

I tōna wā, he kaha nō Te Puea Herangi ki te whakatairanga i ngā tākaro tuku iho a te Māori, pērā i te kī-o-rahi.

Ia tau whakatūria ai he whakataetae kī-o-rahi mā ngā wharekura o te motu.

Kua tino whakaarangia ake te kī-o-rahi me ētahi atu tākaro tuku iho i roto i te rua tekau tau kua pahure nei.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga