These rules were observed by Elsdon Best as taught to him by Tuta Nihonio, a Ngati-Porou man.
Rules
The board is arrayed with a centre point and eight points radiating from it, Each player has four pieces on four adjacent points of the rays. Pieces move to an empty point of an adjacent ray, or to the center point if it is unoccupied. There is no restriction on moving a piece to the center hole, except that the first move must allow the second player to move. the player who blocks their opponent from moving wins.
