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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Ngā hoahoa kirituhi o Tonga, te tekau tau 1820

E whai pānga ana te tā moko Māori ki ngā kirituhi o ētahi atu iwi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Nō Tonga tēnei, ā, nā Louis Sainson tēnei whakaahua i peita i te tekau tau 1820. Koia te tohungatā o runga i te waka o te Wīwī, o Dumont d’Urville i te hekenga ki roto o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga me Ahitereiria. He momo pūhoro tēnei nō Tonga, arā, he āhua ōrite ki te moko.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 2010/5/18

by Louis Auguste de Sainson

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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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/interactive/41230/tongan-tattoo-designs-1820s (accessed 4 June 2026).

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