Tītī Tōrea
A DigitalNZ Story by Jess Dawson
Tītī Tōrea is a fun traditional Maori stick game used to improve and develop fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination, rhythm, and learning to play cooperatively,
It was traditionally used to help boys and young men increase dexterity (the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands) and alertness, while girls and young women were thought to benefit from increased skills for poi and dances.
Maori Village (1945)
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Poi Rakau
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The stick game Titi-Torea
Auckland Libraries
Maori women, in semi traditional costume, playing a stick game alongside a meeting house
Alexander Turnbull Library
Members of the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion choir performing in All Saints Cathedral, Cairo
Alexander Turnbull Library
Children at Wadestown Infants School
Alexander Turnbull Library
Girls of Pakotai School demonstrating ti rakau (Maori stick games)
Alexander Turnbull Library
[Maori stick game]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira