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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Te whakapōtaetanga o Rangi McLean, i te tau 1997

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Tattooed university graduate, 1997

E whakaarotia ana ko Rangi te tangata mau moko tuatahi kia whiwhi i tōna paetahi mai i tētahi whare wānanga nui o Aotearoa. Anei a ia e whakawhiwhia ana ki te whakairo i whaongia e tōna kiritata e Richard Sims, he tangata mau moko anō hoki.

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Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Contemporary moko, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41253/tattooed-university-graduate-1997 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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