Call Us Pick Up
Cart: 0
Nothing to checkout.
Sign InRegister

Collection of Maori Games HC216


Ngā kēmu Māori - A collection of traditional Māori games.

  • 28 rākau 
  • 14 poi 
  • 5 porotiti (wooden ovals with black spinning cords)
  • Mū Tōrere Game - 5 bags of eight stones (four red and four white) and 5 star grid boards
  • 8 knotted strings for Whai (string games), includes instruction card

Tī rākau (also known as Tīti tōrea, tītouretua, tītītouretua and touretua)-māori stick game (kēmu)

Players (in pairs) can sit facing each other. The aim of the kēmu is to complete sets of actions/movements while keeping in time to the rhythm and beat of a waiata (song).

E papa waiari is the well known waiata associated with using tītī tōrea - see youtube clip here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U6UhcOR30o

Poi: a light ball on a string of varying length which is swung or twirled rhythmically to sung accompaniment. Traditionally the ball was made of raupō (bullrush) leaves.

E rere taku poi (Fly my poi) is a popular waiata sung while swinging poi- see clips here

E rere tāku poi words http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyHrb7nNI8 

E rere tāku poi actions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XoYtkySNA 

Porotiti : spinning, humming disc -a disc with two holes through which a string is threaded and used to make the disc spin. A māori musical instrument traditionally used in healing.

Click here for an info sheet about porotiti, including how to make your own porotiti > Porotiti info sheet

Click here for an info sheet from the Christchurch City Libraries about porotiti > https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Bibliofile/2016/Matariki/Porotiti.pdf

Mū Tōrere: "Mū tōrere is a two-player board game. Each player has four counters. The game has a simple premise but expert players are able to see up to 40 moves ahead. Like many other Māori board games, it is played on a papa tākoro (game board) and is tightly interwoven with stories and histories." Brown, Harko (2008). Ngā Taonga Tākoro: Māori sports and games. New Zealand: Penguin Group

How to play Mū Tōrere :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7p7fINQdhw

Practice your Mū Tōrere skills online here https://www.heihei.nz/game/165/m%C5%AB-t%C5%8Drere

Whai (string games): In whai (also called māui, huhu and hūhi) each player creates patterns using a loop of flax string held between their hands, accompanied by particular chants. Players compete to create the most complex patterns in the most elegant way (https://teara.govt.nz/en/traditional-maori-games-nga-takaro/page-5

https://newzealandcurriculum.tahurangi.education.govt.nz/whai---string-games---activity-collection/5637164981.p

> Click here for the Ready to Read (green) text 'Whai (String Games)  https://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/Ready-to-Read-Colour-Wheel/Whai-String-Games

> Māori string games: A digital story on Digital NZ  https://digitalnz.org/stories/5d203d1afb002c5c9e12648b

>More information about traditional māori games here https://teara.govt.nz/en/traditional-maori-games-nga-takaro/page-5 and here https://teara.govt.nz/en/traditional-maori-games-nga-takaro/page-7

Date: Replica

Max Dimension: 450mm x 25mm (sticks)
 
Subject Area: Social Science, Māori
 
Specific Themes: Toys, Entertainment, Music, Skills, Matariki

Handling Collection Number: HC216

Why not also borrow our Pōtaka Tā (spinning tops) https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/the-arts/potaka-ta-hc228/

Handling information:
Supervision Required
To Use & Handle
Additional information:
Safe Object
Please sign into enable item cart

Object Categories

Eyes Only
Supervision Required
To Touch
To Handle
To Use & Handle

Resources Available
Caution Required
Safe Object