Anō te kiri, me te anuhe tawatawa ngā mahi ā te kauri.
Look at the skin, the abundance of tattooing is like the markings on the skin of a mackerel!
Tā Moko tells a story...
"It’s centred on our identity and our means of communication, the symbols are carried everywhere across different art forms, such as carving. Moko marks important events and membership – it tells a story” Julie
July 27 2017 Focus Magazine pages 55-57
Image courtesy of UNO magazine 2013
more about tā moko …
Tāku Puhoro, Tāku Purotu
An overview of the practice and wearing of puhoro by wāhine Māori speaks to the journey of wāhine Māori to reclaim the nature of moko puhoro as the essence of mana wāhine.
Featuring texts by editor Julie Paama-Pengelly, Professor Mera Penehira, Jeanette McDonnell-Rata, Hikumutu Kawiti and Huingangutu Taylor-Wi Neera alongside full-colour portraits by Anne Shirley, Tāku Puhoro, Tāku Purotu reflects on twenty years of contemporary practice of puhoro, locating women as ta moko practitioners and recipients from pre-colonial ties to the present.
Spirit | Conversations With Creative Women
This beautiful coffee-table style book is rich with stunning images of 34 New Zealand women creatives - their work and their spaces. The personal stories of these talented women share intimate details about the their lives, their challenges, and their stunning work. Featuring Philippa Bentley, Tess Costil, Hannah Jensen, Kiri Nathan, Emily Adams, Claudia Pond Eyley, Indigo Rowe, Bernadette Casey, Flox, Louise James, Sofia Minson, Fiona Mackay, Anita May Blanchett, Debra Fallowfield, Fiona Hugues, Tina Hutchison-Thomas, Janette Cervin, Gypsy West, Vanessa Riddell, Julie Paama-Pengelly, Renee Dale, Louise Pilkington, Manja Wachsmuth, Holly Roach, Rebecca Asquith, Kate Hursthouse, Vicky Savage, Neke Moa, Jacqui Victor, Bets Gee, Julie Collis, Liz Smith, Susi Meares, Relda Frogley and Joanne Gray.
Moko puhoro ā wāhine
This tradition belongs to wāhine Māori as well as tāne. Julie is a proponent of this form of tā moko for men and women.
Tā Moko Sessions: Julie Paama-Pengelly
Tā moko artist Julie Paama Pengelly talks about the challenges she's faced in a male-dominated industry and why she doesn't believe in ‘Kirituhi’ as a valid positioning of the practice and ideas around ‘non-traditional’ tā moko.
Te toroa ā tai
Always at the forefront of contemporary developments of customary Tā Moko practice, Julie has spent the last ten years investigating the skin marking technique of tapping the uhi or toothed comb-like tool - to insert ink under the skin. This research extends to an investigation and sharing of other indigenous historic practices.
Moko kauae
Moko kauae is currently enjoying a renaissance although in some Māori communities there is still hesitation to adopt such visible form of moko. My hope is that we overcome the hurdles and often self-imposed barriers that often prevent individuals taking up this taonga.
He kākahu ā wahine
A contemporary placement of a kākahu which protects the recipient in many ways that a customary kākahu would, with the mantle of her tupuna.
