“Ka anga taku titiro ki nga pakitara o aku Whare Tupuna, e iri mai ana ngā kauae tehe kuia ōku, kua nehe noa atu te whatungarongaro, kua pōpōroa ki te poho o Rehua” (HM 3/1995:7). “I look at the walls of my ancestral houses where photos of my elderly female relatives with tattooed chins are hanging and who have long since disappeared to the bosom of Rehua.” “Taia nei to mata ki te tohu Tapairu, te Pukauae o te Tuhi Mareikura e Tu nei” ❤️ #mokokauae #mokopapa #kauaetehe #mokokauaetehe #tapairu #wahinepurotu #manawahine #arikitapairu #mareikura #mokokauaemaori #TeKotahiAPikiao #TeTahuhuOKawatapuarangi #Koeke #Kaumatua #Kaitiaki #TuakanaTeina #ŌneheRa #RespectforOurElders #IwiMana #ManaakiTangata #Whakapapa #PikiaoRangi #PikiaoWera #PikiaoTuturu #TeHikuwai #TeTakinga #Hinekura #TeRangiunuora #Moho 🤍🖤🙌🏼💙💚💯 (at TOIARIKI Contemporary Ta Moko) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTtZHsOp9qr/?utm_medium=tumblr