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Story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Kōrere

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Kōrere

I whakairotia tēnei kōrere i te takiwā o te tau 1700 me te tau 1850. E rua ōna whakamahinga, arā, he whāngai i ngā tāngata whiwhi moko i te wā e tūpuhi ana te kanohi i te tānga, me te whāngai hoki i te hunga tapu pērā i te tohungamoko.

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Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Tohunga tā moko, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/41243/korere (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins, published 4 April 2013.