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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Pūhoro

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Puhoro pattern

I tuhi te pūkōrero a Wiremu Te Rangikāheke i tēnei tauira pūhoro i te takiwā o te tau 1850. I taua wā hoki e mahi ana ia mā Kāwana Kerei. Kei ngā koihanga te moko pūhoro.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: GNZMMS 89

by Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero 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/41233/puhoro-pattern (accessed 25 June 2026).

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