poi rakau

Poi Rakau is one of a multitude of traditional games that use räkau artefacts. The räkau used in the pictorial demonstrations are korari, the seed fronds, of the harakeke. HISTORY Such games as ‘Poi Räkau’ were in essence warrior-training games. They kept reflexes sharp and promoted quick thinking – important attributes in handto-hand combat. All manner of sticks and branches were used in räkau games, some even intricately carved. THE RULES One person stands in the middle (putahi) of a circle that is formed with 6 or more players. Everyone stands about 3-5 paces from the person in the putahi (see photo below). There is usually trepidation by everyone to begin with, it is not every game that you get sticks thrown at you! The ‘Putahi’ starts the game by throwing the korari upright to someone in the circle. That person catches the korari with one hand, keeps it upright, and then quickly hand passes it (not throws it), using either the left (maui) or right (matau) hand, to a person immediately to their left or right. The person who receives it then throws it, upright, back to the person in the middle. A fast-paced co-operative game is played to a rhythmical beat or an appropriate waiata. The ‘Putahi’ throws randomly and speedily, turning quickly to catch and then throw the korari. Depending on their skill levels, the catchers can add difficulty by keeping their hands behind their backs until the korari is thrown to them. When the Putahi feels comfortable using one korari, they can try using two, then three korari (see picture above) to quicken the game up and keep everyone literally on their toes. An extremely skilful game requires fast reflexes and quick thinking. Keeping three korari in motion is a difficult motor skill and needs total concentration.

This is my poi rakau maori game that we have done for te reo.I hop you like it From Tillam

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Henry Williams

In class we were researching the Treaty of Waitangi. We had to find good information about Henry Williams. Thanks for reading my work, please leave me feedback.

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Henry Williams was the leader of the Church Missionary Society mission in Aotearoa in the first half of the 19th century. He entered the navy at the age of fourteen and served in the Napoleonic Wars. He went to New Zealand in 1823 as a missionary.

Missionary Henry Williams, about 1865. Henry Williams was a missionary who supported British annexation. He believed that Māori should be protected from lawless Europeans and fraudulent dealings. He and his son Edward translated the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori.

Under his forceful personality, the mission was highly successful, influencing several thousand Maori to convert and spreading its influence through much of the North Island.

By the late 1830s, Williams and most missionaries actively supported British annexation, believing it necessary to protect Maori from lawless Europeans. They also supported measures intended to protect Maori from fraudulent dealings, such as the prohibition on private land purchases and the investigation of existing purchases.

On 4 February 1840, Williams and his son Edward were given one night to translate the technical language of Hobson and Busby's draft Treaty of Waitangi in to Maori. Henry then had a crucial role in explaining it to the chiefs who met William Hobson at Waitangi on 5 February. He later travelled to the southern North Island and the Marlborough Sounds to gain signatures. His personal mana undoubtedly influenced many chiefs to sign.

He was criticised after the sack of Kororareka in 1845 and also harshly criticised for his land holdings. After 1845, Governor George Grey questioned Williams’s title to land he had bought near Paihia, although it had been officially investigated and confirmed. The embarrassment this caused led to his sacking as head of the New Zealand CMS Mission, but he was later reinstated. He became Archdeacon of Te Waimate and remained in that post until his death.

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