This page lists a selection of resources relating to Tā Moko and the tradition of Māori tattooing.

Manukau Libraries has a Māori collection in each of its libraries, with the most extensive collection held at the Manukau Research Library.

All resources are available from Manukau Libraries. 

Resources

• Art & craft [videocassette] (V572.9931 z ART)
• Hatfield, G.T. Dedicated by blood : whakautu ki te toto (391.65 z HAT)
• Te Rangikaheke, W. Description of the ceremonies observed on the occasion of tattooing a chief and the method of performing the operation (929.1 z GRE)
• Hamilton, A. Māori art (572.9931 z HAM)
• Graham, P. Māori moko or tattoo (391.65 z GRA)
• Neleman, H. Moko : Māori tattoo (391.65 z NEL)
• Te Riria, K. Māori tattoo (572.9931 z TER)
• Roth, H.L. Māori tatu and moko (572.9931 z ROT)
• King, M. Moko : Māori tattooing in the 20th century (391.65 z KIN)
• Robley, H.G. Moko : the art and history of Māori tattooing (391.65 z ROB)
• Te Riria, K. Moko rangatira : Māori tattoo (391.65 z TER)
• Simmons, D.R. Tā moko : the art of Māori tattoo (391.65 z SIM)
• Tā Moko : te uhi [videocassette] (NZ V391.65 TAM)
• New Zealand weekly news : the vanishing Māori moko (079.93 z NEW)
• Pownall, G. New Zealand Māori arts & crafts (704.0399442 z POW)
• Nicholas, A. The art of the New Zealand tattoo (391.65 z NIC)
• Sangl, H. The blue privilege : the last tattooed Māori women : te kuia moko (759.9931 z SAN)
• Best, E. The Māori, Vol. I and The Māori, Vol. II (993.01 z BES)
• Van Dinter, M.H. Tribal tattoo designs (391.65 DIN)
• Johansson, D. Wearing ink: the art of tattoo in New Zealand (391.65 z JOH)
• Barrow, T. An illustrated guide to Māori art (704.0399442 z BAR)
• Tā Moko (DVD). (2006). Auckland: Front of the Box Productions. (NZ DVD 391.65 TA)
• Cohen, T. The tattoo (391.65 COH)
• Grognard, C. The tattoo : graffiti for the soul (391.65 GRO)
• Simmons, D. Whakairo: Māori tribal art (736.408999442 z SIM)
• Manuera [DVD]. (NZ DVD 305.8994 MAN)
• Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. Mau moko: the world of Maori tattoo (NZ 391.65 TEA)
• Ross, J. Technology of the Maori: a study of clothing, personal ornaments and art from moa hunter to pre-European settlement. (NZ 372.358 ROS)

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