Aroha: Aro-Takaro-Hi-Ha: The Essence of Traditional Maori Game Play

This book contains a broad selection of twelve popular traditional Maori games (Nga Taonga Takaro) which are favourites in schools for students of all ages. The pages contain step-by-step instructions on how to play these games and interesting histories about their origins and cultural purposes. Nga Taonga Takaro is an educational philosophy which includes games, protocols and rituals used to ignite the ira takaro, our natural movement inclinations for fun & play, and exciting socialisation possibilities in all of us, with layers of games whakapapa and spiritual environmental connections.