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Kī-o-rahi

Kī-o-rahi: photograph by Sossos
Photo: Sossos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Fast circular-field ball game between a defending team and an attacking team, scoring by touching a central marker.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of New Zealand.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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