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Apr. 11th, 2005 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A little know fact about the City Branch is that the street on which we are located, Potatau St, is named after the paramount chef from the Tainui / Nati Paua tribes from the late 1700s.

Hirepool website. Oh dear.

Hirepool website. Oh dear.
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Date: 2005-04-11 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-11 01:27 am (UTC)Your Moko is an expression of your genealogy and tribal history. You could get something that looked the part (Kirituhi) but as you have no maori ancestry it would be no more than a pretty adornment and some still see it as insulting. Then again, I'd love to see Moko based on celtic imagery...
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Date: 2005-04-11 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-11 02:21 am (UTC)Though I do hope to have some Irish in me sometime soon ;-)
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Date: 2005-04-11 02:32 am (UTC)Though I do hope to have some Irish in me sometime soon
Keep practicing with
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Date: 2005-04-11 02:51 am (UTC)Though its debatable whether Moko is still the art it used to be- it skipped a few generations, breaking the lines of succession..
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Date: 2005-04-11 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-11 03:53 am (UTC)As I understand it, kirituhi used to mean the process of applying a moko design in a non-permanent manner (charcoal IIRC) which, though not insulting, wasnt considered to be of any significance or to carry any prestige (mana).
The meaning of the term 'Kirituhi' has been extended to include moko-like designs that have no particular meaning (and are therefor not insulting to anyone except the purists)
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Date: 2005-04-11 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-11 02:34 am (UTC)