Their identity card? The moko, the traditional tattoo. |
A major proportion of Maori live in urban areas, but our people are increasingly looking to their roots through a range of mediums such as sports or ta moko. |
In moko, a type of Maori tattooing from New Zealand, shallow coloured grooves in complex curvilinear designs were produced on the face by striking a miniature bone adze into the skin. |
No, of course they won't be copied from traditional moko, they will reflect my own ancestry, the signs and symbols of a Scottish clan. |
It kept pace with her to the place where moko, the Picture-maker, lived. |
The painting moko was now doing was the most wonderful of all that Songbird had ever seen. |