Kōrero: Tā moko

Ngā tā moko Māori, tekau tau 1820

I tōna haerenga ki roto o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ka peita a Louis de Sainson i ngā whakaahua o te Māori i ngā rohe o Te Reinga me Whāngārei. Kei raro kei te taha mauī ko Pako, he rangatira nō Te Reinga. Ko tōna pūhoro me tōna tou rape e kitea mai ana.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-010-025
Hand-coloured lithograph 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.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Rawinia Higgins, 'Tā moko - Ngā pūtakenga o te tā moko', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/interactive/41231/maori-tattoo-designs-1820s (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013