He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te mana motuhake o te ta moko wahine: The identity politics of moko kauae

• Main Author: Higgins, Rawinia
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: moko; ta moko; identity; tino rangatiratanga; mana motuhake; Tuhoe; raupatu; land confiscation; uhi; tohunga ta moko; chisels; moko kauae; Tuhoetanga; mana; tapu; noa; Maori tattooing; self-determination; Te Urewera; facial tattooing; DU Oceania (South Seas); Avery; Bay of Plenty; Blair; Butterworth; Carroll; Christchurch; Davidson; Duff; Evelyn; Geddes; Goldie; Greenland; Harper; Hicks; Hoare; Johansen; Lowe; Macpherson; Marsden; Maude; McLeod; Mervyn; Milburn; Moa; Murdoch; New Plymouth; New Zealand; O'Connor; Pacific; Percy; Riley; Rua; Sinclair; Taku; Unwin; Whitcombe
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5193

Tā moko (Māori tattooing), especially facial moko (tattoo), has become a popular mechanism for the expression of self-determination. Many Māori people are adopting this art form as part of a renaissance of Māori culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This declaration of Māori self-determination is also an...