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Games and Pastimes of the Maori

Elsdon Best, Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 8, Wellington, 1925

Description

The foundational ethnographic record of Māori games, including the authoritative description of Mu Tōrere as played by the Ngāti Porou. Best's account preserves the testimony of Mohi Turei and the whakataukī associated with the game.

Source

https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BesGame.html

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The Academy · May 27, 2026

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