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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Te whakahokinga mai o ngā kōiwi tangata, i te tau 2009

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Repatriation of kōiwi tangata, 2009

E amohia ana ngā waka kōiwi 35 ki roto i a Rongomaraeroa, te marae o Te Papa Tongarewa. I roto anō i ngā waka kōiwi ko ētahi toi moko (tētahi īngoa anō mō te mokamokai). Ko ēnei ētahi o ngā tongarerewa i riro i ngā whare taonga nui o te ao. E mau ana ēnei wāhine i te pare kawakawa, arā, he tohu mate, he tohu aroha mō rātou mā kua hoki ki te wā kāinga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

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by Mark Mitchell

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Contemporary moko, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41251/repatriation-of-koiwi-tangata-2009 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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