30 – The Māori Quill

For our first episode of the decade we begin our look at tā moko, Māori tattooing! The story of how the practice came from the underworld, the tools used and how the ink was made!

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Āwheto or vege caterpillar used to make ink

7 responses to “30 – The Māori Quill”

Tracey Taylor

January 23, 2020 at 8:29 am

I’ll recommend this to my son’s Mexican girlfriend.

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1. historyaotearoa
  
  January 23, 2020 at 9:09 am
  
  Awesome! Hope she enjoys it!
  
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Sammy

February 24, 2020 at 7:18 pm

So very interesting! I’m making my husband listen to this immediately (after having paraphrased the whole episode to him because I couldn’t wait). His family is from Hawaii, of native Hawaiian and other heritage. So that on top of us having just moved to NZ from the states makes the podcast and this episode in particular extremely interesting. Thank you for the good work!

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1. historyaotearoa
  
  February 25, 2020 at 6:13 pm
  
  Awesome! Great to hear you have enjoyed it and I hope he will too! Let me know what you think of the other moko episodes too!
  
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NEW ZEALAND: Ta Moko | Locally Foreign

January 31, 2022 at 1:41 am

[…] New Zealand podcast has an really in-depth four-part episode on Ta Moko, starting with “The Maori Quill” – how tattoos were originally chiselled before steel needles were introduced, the […]

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Jono H

March 10, 2022 at 1:59 pm

Firstly, I love the show. I’m a little behind on the series but as tauiwi, I am learning a lot. In this episode, you mention a YouTube channel, but you don’t reference it? I’m sure I’ll find it as I journey through this series. You seem like a humble guy but please plug away, that’s how people will find you on multiple platforms.
Thanks again 🙂

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1. historyaotearoa
  
  March 11, 2022 at 12:31 pm
  
  Kia ora, glad to hear you are enjoying it and hopefully learning some new stuff! There is a Youtube channel for the podcast, its mostly just the audio of the episodes but there are a few random other things on there too. There will be a video on Māori board games going up this weekend!
  
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