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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Tūmākoha

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Tumakoha

Ka noho te ahurewa tapu o Te Arawa; a Tūmākoha, ki tōna kāinga, ki te moana o Okataina, ā, mate noa ia i te tau 1895. E kīia ana i a ia te mana atua o te ao, me te pō. Waihoki ki ētahi anō tohunga whai mana, kāore ōna moko, nā te kaha tapu rawa kei pāngia e te mate.

 

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Reference: James Cowan, The Māori: yesterday and to-day. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930, p.51

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Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Moko and status, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41249/tumakoha (accessed 25 June 2026).

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