Ki O Rahi

Room 13 have been learning a new game. It's called Ki O Rahi. Ki O Rahi is a game that was played since World War 1. Ki O Rahi was created as a peaceful way of sorting out arguments. When Ki O Rahi had been banned, rugby was introduce. During World War 2, Ki O Rahi was played again. The Maori showed other countries how to play, like Italy and France. In 2005 it was introduced to over 31000 schools in America.The first international matches were held between New Zealand and France in 2010.

Tom from Wellington City Council, taught us how to play Ki O Rahi. For Ki O Rahi, you play on a circle field, so someone mowed a big circle with little circles inside, on our field. This is what the field looks like:

The Kioma start with the ball. Someone from the Kioma team, stands in the Te Marama and throws the ball to another Kioma player, in the Pawero. The people in the Pawero throw it out to a player in the Te Ao zone. The Kioma team are trying to hit as many Pou as the can. One touch of the Pou equals one point but they can't get the points until they score a try. To score a try they need to run through the Te Roto zone and put the ball in the Te Kahaarait line. Once a try is scored, the ball starts back in the Te Marama zone and the Kioma try and get another try.
The Taniwha team, try and get the ball off the Kioma. Once they have the ball, they run up to the Te Kahaarait line and throw the ball at the Tupu. The two Kioma people in the Pawero try and stop the ball from hitting the Tupu. Once the Taniwha hit the Tupu, they try and get the ball again, and try and hit the Tupu again and again. The Te Ara zone is a zone that no one can walk on, the only time someone can walk on it, is when someone in the Te Ao zone wants to swap with someone in the Pawero.
 In this video that I made, the Green team are the Taniwha and the yellow team are the Kioma. It is a video of some of Room 13 playing and it has some voice overs of me explaining what it the aim of the game is. You should listen because it has good background music. If you Click Here it will take you to a website that has the Ki O Rahi legend and a Glossary. Here is the video about playing Ki O Rahi: