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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Ipu ngārahu

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Ipu ngārahu

He ipu ngārahu tēnei nō te tau 1800 pea. Ka whakamahia e te tohunga tā moko te ipu ngārahu hei pupuri i te wai ngārahu (i mahia i te āwheto). Ka pēpēhia te wai ngārahu ki roto ki ngā awa o te uhi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: WE001761

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Tā moko technology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/41236/ipu-ngarahu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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