For Temepara, who was named New Zealand’s Gardener of ... It was also part of the tapestry of Maori rituals – such as Tā moko, an art that uses tattoos to express whakapapa, an individual ...

Children marched alongside adults bearing distinctive full-face Maori "moko" tattoos and clutching ceremonial wooden weapons. Protests have been swelling throughout New Zealand after a minor party ...

The Kiingitanga, or Maori King movement, was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting New Zealand’s tribes under a single sovereign in the face of British ... “moko” tattoo on her chin.