ID: 252
Date: 1990s  - 2006
Title: Manei, manei
Gender: Female 
Classification: Skipping 
Rhyme: 

Manei manei,123
Turei, turei, skip with me.
Wenerei, wenerei, turn around.
Taitei,taitei ,touch the ground.
Paraire, paraire touch the sky.
Ra horoi, rope swings high
Ra tapu, you’re too slow.
End of the week, so out you go.

(Christchurch, 1990s; Auckland, 2000; Timaru, 2000; Wellington, 2002; Christchurch, 2006)

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Keywords: Maori culture, NZ culture 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 5