Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko

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Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko

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This 1972 documentary explores the world of a dying generation of Māori female elders or kuia — “the last of the Māori women with tattooed chins”. The film pays tribute to the place of the kuia in Māori culture, and of wahine tā moko. Among those on screen are 105-year old Ngahuia Hona, who cooks in hot pools, rolls a cigarette, and eats with whānau, and “the oldest Māori” Ngakahikatea Whirihana, who remembers the Battle of Ōrākau during the land wars, and has outlived four husbands. Into Ant...

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Video

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1972

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/into-antiquity-memory-maori-moko-1971

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tattoo / moko / maori / kuia / meremere penfold / selwyn muru / hongi / tangi / rotorua / hotpools / ngahuia hona / hangi / orakau / pipe / old age / ngahuia irihapeta hona / ngakahikatea wirihana / cultural heritage / 1972 / 1970s / 70s / seventies / chin tattoo / ancestors / pride / full-blooded māori / hot pools / waiariki / respect / generations / food / kete / family / oldest living māori / ōrākau / 1864 / british troops / battlefield / heritage / karaka berries / tribes / old women / traditions / marae / open casket / family tree / geneology / culture / identity / waikato / new zealand wars

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