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Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Ngā pūtakenga o te tā moko

Tongan tattoo designs, 1820s

Ngā hoahoa kirituhi o Tonga, te tekau tau 1820 (1 o 2)

Māori tattoo designs, 1820s

Ngā tā moko Māori, tekau tau 1820 (2 o 2)

Haehae at funeral, 1827

Te haehae i te kiri i tētahi tangihanga, i te tau 1827

Puhoro pattern

Mataora and Niwareka

Ko Mataora rāua ko Niwareka

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Te hangarau tā moko

Ipu ngārahu

Tattooing instruments, 1773

Ngā whao tā moko, i te tau 1773 (1 o 2)

Uhi tā moko (tattooing instruments)

Uhi tā moko (2 o 2)

Chisel tattooing

Te uhi tā moko

Chisel moko

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Tohunga tā moko

'Tohunga ta moko at work', 1915

Te mahi a te tohunga tā moko

Kōrere

Tattoo expert Tame Poata

He tohunga tā moko, ko Tame Poata

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Te moko me te rangatiratanga

Te Rauparaha's moko

Te moko o Te Rauparaha

Te Rangitopeora

Ko Rangi Topeora

Mihi Kōtukutuku

Ko Mihi Kōtukutuku

Tumakoha

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Ngā moko o mohoa

Trade in tattooed heads, 1770

Te mahi hoko mokamokai, i te tau 1770

Repatriation of kōiwi tangata, 2009

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

14-year-old with moko, 1996

14 tau te pakeke o Hāpai, i te tau 1996

Tattooed university graduate, 1997

Te whakapōtaetanga o Rangi McLean, i te tau 1997

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Rawinia Higgins, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ta-moko/media (accessed 30 March 2020)

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013