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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Moko uhi

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Chisel moko

Ko te rangatira o Ngāi Te Rangi me Ngāi Tūwhiwhia o Tauranga Moana; ko Tōmika Te Whiu. Ka noho ia hai mīharotanga mā te Pākehā o tērā wā i te hōhonu o ngā haehae o te uhi matarau i tōna kanohi. I tā pikitia a Gottfried Lindauer rāua ko Horatio Rōbley mōna, ā, i noho ia mō ngā whakaahua pēnei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: 7-A2981

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 – Tā moko technology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41240/chisel-moko (accessed 4 June 2026).

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