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”. Narrator Selwyn Muru extols 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” Nga Kahikatea Wirihana, who remembers the Battle of Ōrākau during the land wars, and has outlived four husbands. Into Antiquity was an early documentary from veteran Wayne Tourell.

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English
  • maori tradition

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  • New ZealandNZ

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1972

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Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko was released on 1 January 1972.

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