Lay summary
Movement disorders are one of the leading disorders in the world. Effectiveness of motor (re)learning for people with movement disorders is reduced due to disruptions in cognitive processes that are crucial for motor learning. Consequently, an implicit non-conscious approach to learning might be more appropriate for rehabilitation because it reduces demands on cognitive processes compared to traditional (explicit conscious) approaches. We believe that one particular implicit non-conscious method, analogy learning, might resonate with people from Māori descent, because analogies make use of familiar stories or concepts to provide a person with a holistic understanding of the movement that they are endeavouring to (re)learn. This is a similar approach to Māori storytelling (e.g., pūrākau), which focusses on portraying important perspectives and lessons on life. This study aims to integrate movement analogies for important everyday movements into Māori storytelling to investigate whether this approach to rehabilitation is more effective compared to traditional