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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Te haehae i te kiri i tētahi tangihanga, i te tau 1827

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Haehae at funeral, 1827

Nā Louis de Sainson anō tēnei whakaahua e whakaatu ana i te tūpāpaku o te rangatira. Kua titia te makawe ki te raukura, kua kākahuria ki te korowai, ā, kua whakatūria ki te take o te pou. E haehae ana te tokorua kei mua i ō rāua kiri ki te mata angaanga. He tikanga tūturu tēnei nō te whakamomori. He wā kua miria te pungarehu ki roto kia kore ai e memeha i te kiri. E kī ana te kōrero he tipuna tēnei nō te tā moko.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-327-004

by Louis Auguste de Sainson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Origins of tā moko, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41232/haehae-at-funeral-1827 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 4 April 2013.