The traditional Māori ball game of ki-o-rahi has had a global publicity boost this week.

Ki-o-rahi is making a comeback on the Kapiti Coast.

Mission to bring back ki-o-rahi Mr Brown learned to play ki-o-rahi from his elders as a boy in Waikato.

Ki o rahi was still an emerging sport and even the referees at the national competition were at different levels.

Tamariki from 32 kura met at a west Auckland stadium on Wednesday to play the ancient Maori ball game of ki o rahi.

The traditional Māori ball-game of Ki-O Rahi has had a global boost this week.

The event includes sports such as volleyball, touch rugby and squash, as well as Ki o Rahi.

There was a party outside and I saw the father shot dead and his wife wounded, Rahi said.

Research is underway to find out if Te Reo and Maori protocols can be learnt from popular ball game Ki-o-Rahi.

Catholic Toni El-Rahi, who moved to Saudi Arabia from Lebanon in 1994, says attitudes among regular Saudis are shifting with the reforms.

Kī-o-Rahi is a traditional Māori ball game that involves fast-running contact on a circular field with a small round ball called a kī.

The new app explains the history of Kī-o-Rahi, and provides useful phrases that can be used throughout a game by players, umpires and supporters.