Mahuta was one of 14 prominent Māori women in New Zealand to get these culturally significant facial tattoos as a way of honoring the 10th anniversary of the death of Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the Māori monarch that served longer than any other. Mahuta was one of 14 prominent women to adopt the tattoo in August to express unity, pride and self-determination around the 10th anniversary of the death of the Māori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the longest serving Māori monarch. I see it as a form We know from surgeon’s reports that as many as a quarter of women convicts also had tattoos that shared this imagery of chains My husband Martin was teaching Maori youngsters, so I was fortunate to get a deeper view of the strong local traditions .
Gallery of maori tattoos for women:
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