Tumakoha, of Te Arawa, was a tohunga who lived at Lake Okataina and died around 1895. He was a priest, mystic, bard and genealogist. Like other great tohunga, he was not tattooed because he was highly tapu.
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James Cowan, The Māori: yesterday and to-day. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930, p.51
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