Ki-o-rahi

Ki-o-rahi is a traditional Maori game based on a Maori legend. The legend is about a husband and a wife named Rahi and Ti Ara and how Rahi saved Ti Ara from the evil fairies.The balls name is Ki the pou in the middle is the rock that is called the tupu which Rahi hid under when the evil fairies cast a spell that made Rahi very hot. Just before Rahi died of heat a bird called hokoioi spurted fresh water into Rahi's mouth.Then a tuatara came and walked so fast around the rock and it made a moat.The pou in the game is the rock that saved Rahi from the tuatara. He was finally saved by walking down a pathway called an ara and into the world of the living Te Ao. In the game there are 2 teams one of them is called taniwha and the other is ki-o-ma.The team taniwha is trying to throw the Ki at the Tupu and if they hit it they score a point. If you get 5 points in a row you win automatically and if you get 10 points you also win.The other team ki-o-ma tries to score a try in the middle of the circle around the tupu. Each person has 2 rips. If a person has the ball and gets ripped they have to pass it over in less than 3 seconds and if you get your 2 rips ripped it is a handover. A try is worth more if you touch the outside pou with the ball before you run into the middle. Each pou you touch is worth one point.

By Ben Campbell and Jordan