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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-010-025

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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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/41231/maori-tattoo-designs-1820s (accessed 4 June 2026).

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