Naumai Haere mai. Welcome to Tū Mātau Ora.
Tū Mātau Ora is founded on the vision of Mātauranga Māori informing positive outcomes for individuals, communities and our environments.
Based in Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui, Wellington we are one of Aotearoa New Zealands leading taonga tākaro providers, advocates, and research practitioners.
One of our missions is to revitalise and normalise Taonga Tākaro (traditional Māori games and activities), sharing it as a fun, safe way to engage, educate and empower. Working with everyone, from early childhood right through to kaumātua. Iwi and councils, from classrooms to boardrooms
TMO are leading a revolution in play specializing in services with kaumātua and tangata whāikaha. With our Worlds first Kī o Rahi Wheelchair nonoke games led by us back in 2024!!! https://www.facebook.com/reel/7464310377029067 and introducing tākaro Māori to Halberg Games 2025!!! We are excited to be exploring a national initiative in partnership with Halberg foundation. Watch this space!!!
Tū Mātua Ora provides a fun safe pathway for people to experience Māori values and concepts te Ao Māori, the Māori world. Get in touch today and experience a unique and supportive environment where mistakes part of learning and also a big part of the fun.
Kura – School Programmes
We have been sharing taonga tākaro with thousands of students across a range of kura/schools, from year 1 to 13.
This feedback sums up the sentiment from a lot of tauira and kaiako (students and teachers) so far and shows people connecting to Māori culture in positive ways.
“There are so many potential areas of society that can benefit from this kaupapa” Programme evaluator
share tākaro at your kura.
Check out https://tumatauora.org/services/kura-takaro-in-school-programme/ and for booking info Kōrero mai.
Tū Rangatira Leadership Promotion
Rangatiratanga is one of our founding pou and entwined in everything we do. We are part of several transformational leadership development kaupapa where we share mātauranga Māori uara (values) and selected tikanga (protocols) and important concepts to rangatiratanga Māori leadership such as whanaungatanga and kaitiakitanga.
For more information on how we can help you and your organisation korero mai
Tākaro Taputapu Resources available
“Sticks and stones gets us off phones” TMO 2022
We have seen how engaged people can be with the simple things, like sticks and stones!
We have developed a range of taputapu tākaro, play items, to enable to people to keep playing beyond our play activation
Poukoki are hugely popular at evetns such as CubaDupa, Newtown Festival and Te Ra o Te Raukura. So much so we had to make more to keep up with demand!!!
For schools and budding scientists, pōtaka provides great opportunities to merge mātauranga Māori, western scientific principles and a little bit of magic.
“Play is the highest form of research” Albert Einstein
Get in touch with us today for more info on our products of play – taputapu tākaro. We have school discounts availible and welcome wholesale queries from potential retailers.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari taku toa he toa takitini
Success is not attributed to an individual, but to the efforts of many
We are super proud to announce we were recognised with the Rising Star Award for up and coming community group for our mahi in the greater Wellington Region! Massive mihi to the other finalists and all the groups that make our communities better place to live.
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