Children marched alongside adults bearing distinctive full-face Maori "moko" tattoos and clutching ceremonial wooden weapons.

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.

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 ...