Our Services:
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Intangible cultural heritage advocacy and networking - Advocating for cultural rights and fostering collaborations that honour, safeguard, and transmit living heritage.
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Coaching & Training - Using play frameworks and traditional games to strengthen collaboration, emotional intelligence, and creative problem-solving.
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Organisational Transformation & Cultural Development - Consulting for institutions and companies seeking to align values, build purpose, or shift culture using embodied, systemic learning.
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
Cultural Events and Exchanges - Co-designing experiences that centre indigenous knowledge, traditional play, and intercultural dialogue.
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Cultural Events and Exchanges - Co-designing experiences that centre indigenous knowledge, traditional play, and intercultural dialogue.
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
SERVICES:
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
Organisational Transformation & Cultural Development - Consulting for institutions and companies seeking to align values, build purpose, or shift culture using embodied, systemic learning.
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
Coaching & Training - Using play frameworks and traditional games to strengthen collaboration, emotional intelligence, and creative problem-solving.
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Education & Community Engagement - Workshops and wānanga transmitting ancestral knowledge, revitalising language and customs, and fostering belonging and identity.
Intangible cultural heritage advocacy and networking - Advocating for cultural rights and fostering collaborations that honour, safeguard, and transmit living heritage.
KŌ WAI MĀTOU?
Tatuu Roa – Ngā Taonga Tākaro | Māori Traditional Games
Founded by Wiremu Sarich and Anna Tripp, Tatuu Roa revitalises ngā taonga tākaro—traditional Māori games carrying stories, strategies, and values passed through generations. Wiremu and Anna are cultural educators and guardians of knowledge whose work awakens memory, uplifts identity, and reconnects people to land, language, and lineage through play.
Through schools, community programmes, and global forums, they honour traditional learning systems while creating new pathways for healing, leadership, and connection.
Playfully – Transformative Coaching, Consulting & Cultural Exchange Through Play
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Tākaro is a cultural and educational partnership between Tatuu Roa (Aotearoa) and Playfully (Aotearoa & Italy) that positions traditional games and indigenous knowledge as profound tools for personal growth, community wellbeing, and organisational development.
TĀKARO
AOTEAROA
Founded by Francesco Micarelli and Maria Mariotti, Playfully bridges Aotearoa and Italy to activate learning, leadership, and community wellbeing through play. Their approach integrates systems thinking, cultural leadership, and experiential learning to foster trust, creativity, and collaboration in organisations, educational settings, and intercultural projects.
WHO WE WORK WITH:
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Local & Regional Councils
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International Organisations & Cultural Delegations
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UNESCO and Heritage Partners
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Public Institutions and NGOs
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Corporate Teams & Executive Leaders
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Festivals, Museums & Cultural Networks
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Schools, Universities & Learning Institutions
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To learn, lead, and grow together.
We welcome collaborations with institutions, cultural bodies, corporates, and communities around the world.
Drawing on Māori traditional games (ngā taonga tākaro), global play traditions, and intercultural practice, Tākaro works across education, public service, culture, and business to:
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Restore play as a sacred and transformative form of learning
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Support organisations to build meaningful, collaborative cultures
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Empower communities through embodied, intergenerational knowledge
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Foster cultural exchange grounded in respect, joy, and reciprocity
TOCATI Festival Verona 2025
Tocatì is a festival that combines games, watching folk music performances from far-off countries, sampling their food and rediscovering old traditional games. The name of this festival, Tocatì, translates as “it’s your turn” in the Veneto dialect. So now it’s your turn! -visitverona.it
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Tākaro Māori in Italy
In this 23rd edition of Tocatì, Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud, meets Italy of courtyards and squares: the Māori of New Zealand are the guests of honor at Tocatì 2025.
From September 19th to 21st, the squares of Veronetta will transform into a meeting space between distant worlds, connected by an invisible thread made of play, memory, and community. Dances, stories, songs, performing arts, and Ngā taonga tākaro, the traditional Māori games, will give voice to a living culture deeply connected to the land, time, and ancestors.
Tocatì will once again be an invitation to listen, participate, and share. Alongside the guests of honor, there will be Italian games and the many cultural activities that have always made Tocatì a highly anticipated and well-attended event.
A special edition celebrating play as a universal language and a bridge between cultures, generations, and territories.
Discover the full festival program on the dedicated page.
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Local & Regional Councils
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International Organisations & Cultural Delegations
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UNESCO and Heritage Partners
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Public Institutions and NGOs
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Corporate Teams & Executive Leaders
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Festivals, Museums & Cultural Networks
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Schools, Universities & Learning Institutions