Ki-o-Rahi / basketball origins

[Taha Maori]

G'day to you all, we have a ball-type game in NZ called Ki-o-Rahi which has an interesting history all tied up with developments with 'poi toa' which is another sport, if you wanted to know more could look at this site http://www.flow-motions.net/poihistory.html. its quite interesting. I can't understand it all, but it seems to be up with the play because so many terms are familiar...but any skilled translation would be appreciated!

However I am really interested in finding out if b-ball has spawned other games and did b-ball originate from the Aztec game where they tried to get the rubber ball thru hoops? I vaguely remember something about Naismith, doing a mission posting in S. America before he "invented" the game.

Thanks for any info or views on this subject!