Marks of Mana Pt2 - Moko Kauae Stories

Part 2 of the award winning documentary ‘Marks of Mana’ looks at the stories of Moko Kauae in the Maori communities and the history of this age old taonga. ‘Marks of Mana’ is a feature documentary film that looks at the histories and stories of female Tatau across the Moana. From female tufuga and ta moko artists, to those who wear these ancient patterns, we find out why these marks had so much meaning and why it’s important to keep them alive.
Across the Moana the art of tatau is legendary - but the marks for women contain stories and meanings that are often little known, especially for new generations. These age old symbols of the Moko Kauae, the Fijian Veiqia, the Papuan Tep Tok and the Samoan Malu were made to celebrate the significance of the female role, but many were also created by female tatau artists.
'Marks of Mana' explores the female history of tatau in our cultures, and the meaning behind these patterns linked like a lei around the Moana.
Director / Producer Lisa Taouma
DOP Hayden Aull
Editor Sacha Childers
Made with Funding from NZ on Air and Creative NZ
Click here to watch Marks of Mana Pt 1 - Malu:
www.thecoconet.tv/know-your-r...

[@lisarangi9872]

My daughter and I watched this just now and I turned to look at her and she had tears in her eyes. Never have I seen her cry over something we’ve watched and it touches my heart to know that she felt something from this beautiful video 💜 she’s 6 turning 7 soon

[@spidermanspidertheman3650]

Maybe she was scared and u just Kept showing her that video

[@zealantis]

@@spidermanspidertheman3650 what 😂

[@harleywatene4797]

Ātaahua ❤️

[@angie8656]

@@spidermanspidertheman3650 OMG…💀

[@jenniferblue1387]

Tears

[@parasbhandarixettrii3704]

Nga mihi nui🥰 ..lots of love from Nepal🇳🇵 Once i was in big trouble here in Aotearoa one maori lady helped me alot treated me as her brother..helped me with all my rents groceries ..love maori culture and all my whanau 🥰🥰

[@Athos0_o]

I am not Māori, but these videos always seem to touch my heart to the point of tears. It’s so beautiful to see such a rich and vibrant culture filled with such love and togetherness.

[@xx7093]

im half tongan half maori...my ataahua mama made me a proud maori and its docos like this that overwhelmes me with huge pride to b maori and share a culture with beautyful wahine like this...mana maori 4eva...🧡🧡🧡👍👍👍

[@carolyn6689]

Beautiful film💕🌺Love it.👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻They are not just tattoos,but a mark of pride ,honor &Sense of identity and respect.Greetings from the US.

[@preach04]

Emotions run hard watching this.. thanks coconut tv for sharing this record of where our wahine are in this time.

[@kinwinsmark8991]

So beautiful❤️ The overwhelming sense of Pride is unexplainable throughout the video.❤️❤️

[@namjoonsthiccthighs386]

My mum has a moko kauae and whenever we're in a public there's always someone who says "kia ora whaea" and I look at them and then look at my mum and I ask her "how did they know you're Maori" and then I look at her moko and am like "ohhhhhh" like It's not that I forget that she has a moko it's just that it looks so natural and it just feels like it's always been apart of her that I don't even click on

[@rachlikessleep3470]

Hey there! I’m writing my dissertation with the uni of Edinburgh and I’m looking to share stories of femininity and tattoos. If you or your mum would like to be involved and answer a few questions I would be delighted!!! (Love your username btw)

[@JonathanRodriguez-bx3hm]

you that st00pid you don't know your mum has a tattoo on the face?

[@poozenweez]

I really needed to see this. Thank you all for sharing your stories ❤️

[@kawikavolkoff6697]

Greetings of Aloha from your Braddah from Hawai'i 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽

[@nairagonzalez5096]

I love it !! ❤️ All over the world, people are rediscovering who they really are, with their origins, customs, religions, with their stolen identity. Applause, medal and kiss !! ❤️👏🏻

[@StGammon77]

Stop it!! Nothing has been stolen, go and live like a caveman if you want to

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

@@StGammon77 Only caveman here is you!

[@user-rz6mm2fg8i]

Very beautiful, in ours county also had since thousands years ago so I loved it🇹🇱

[@islandqueenx3047]

I love being Cook Island but learning other cultures history is so beautiful x 🤍

[@amarastibbie8810]

so emotional in the best way. Love these stories and learning more about the culture. women are beautiful and strong

[@kathyutsler1958]

I'm glad I watched this video. I've been curious for a while about the cultural significance of Moko Kauae and this pretty much answered all my questions. Not that my approval is needed or wanted, but I think it's a beautiful honoring of self and culture.

[@sharmainehape8179]

Love this I can’t wait to receive my moko kauae soon ❤

[@jodie1survives136]

The beauty of the constant sound of the women. Oh us white girls are so without when it come to knowing who we are and the lines we are from. The beauty of the women has always captured me and the older I get the more I adore the strength of these incredible women

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Because the majority of Europeans hasn’t been oppressed nor colonized themselves, forced to forget their mother tongue, their culture, their identity… why you don’t “care” much about your own culture, history and identity. Well rings true for most places that where colonized by former European countries like America, Australia, and Aotearoa, who has a white majority population on stolen colonized indigenous native lands!!!

[@carolzerucha7429]

White people were in fact colonized and had their languages taken from them. It’s just that it happened centuries to millennia ago. As an example, Ireland was colonized by the British Empire, starved, deprived of speaking their own language, prohibited from doing their own dances. It took a backlash and reclaiming language and songs about 70 years ago, or Irish language would be dead now It was preserved in western coastal counties (the Gaeltacht), and if not for revival in schools throughout Ireland (where children used to be beaten for speaking Irish), the language would be dead by now. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Breton, and Welsh are still alive, but Manx, Cornish, and a few other Gaelic languages are pretty much dead. These happened in the last century or so, and it still counts as colonization even though both parties are Caucasian. The old Soviet Union committed ethnocide against the people of the non-Russian republics, especially Ukraine. The Russians have tried to obliterate Ukrainian culture for several centuries and claim it as their own. They are still trying to do this today in their latest invasion of Ukraine. Their primary bombing targets are museums, churches, performance spaces, and cultural arts centers, not railway stations, power plants, and schools. The latter are secondary targets. Ruzzia is to this day making claims that Ukraine has no culture and that any culture they have comes from Ruzzia, not the other way around. Ukrainian immigrants to Canada, assigned to the bleak plains to farm, have made common cause with the Cree there because both were being deprived of their culture by the dominant government. Cree are supporting the Ukrainian people by wearing “grandmother” scarves in solidarity. This is so beautiful what y’all are doing!

[@kinasandwich7624]

Yes people of color and the people and tribes you mentioned were treated the same as colored people. It wasn't a battle or wars because of the color of one's skin, but for the land and seas resources and, expendable slavery. White and colored men killed and women raped, and the world today is its living conditions. The death of all God's creations and God's laws in all its interpretations.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Tribal Europe was colonized, Christianity was forced upon the various tribes as well as patriarchy! The knowledge and history is here, you just need to take it! And it depends on the country, and ethnicity. Sure if you're a white American, or Aussie, or Kiwi, you probably don't know. Europe in it self has a lot of culture, rooted in history and going back to ancient times.

[@faataatiatupuolajr8799]

Beautiful. Greetings from San Diego, California 😁

[@Timuia_ipaepaetele685]

Love this film I went and watched it with my little sister in Auckland at the q theatre last year Great film marks of Mana ♥️

[@niibarnorsaba]

Beautiful and moving!

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

I feel so empty being born in America. Ive become of two different cultures. Ive always struggled with an identity crisis even as a kid because I knew I was more than the environment I was placed into and how I was treated.

[@carolynclitheroe3588]

Good luck on your journey towards belonging

[@ffuifui]

Phenomenal!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@KitLaughlin]

"You have to be sure who you are." What a brilliant living story.

[@sherylhokianga3]

I Went Bak 2 NZ From Living In Auzzie 4 a Hoiday On My Own!..My Hubby Is Maori 2 From Akaroa!....A Hetaraka Tattooist!.. Was Suppose 2 Do Mine!...But, I Run Outta Time 2 Go North 2 See Him!...So, Hurrily Got a Ta Moko Dun In Auckland!...Went Bak 2 Auzzie!...Only, 2 Be Abused!..By My Hubby!..n Told 2 Get Bak On The Plane! and, Go Bak 2 NZ !..If I Wanted 2 Be a Maori!...No Matter Where U Live In The World U Will Always Remain a Maori At Heart!...I Say Hes Lost His Way!!!

[@RitaStonePene]

Loved this video, thank you so much for sharing. So beautiful!

[@WhosBlox]

Mana Wahine such a beautiful experience. I always cry when I see another Wahine get her Moko Kauae

[@rachlikessleep3470]

This is incredible. I’m writing my dissertation on the anthropology of tattoos and femininity - if anybody is willing to answer a few questions please get in touch!

[@walquirp13]

How it went? I would love to read it!

[@ita863]

Worth of watching thank for uploading 😊

[@trevorbyron9448]

Very interesting...the chin tattoos and their history

[@indigenous5210]

The beginning gave me chills right away.!! if you know you know.

[@Jamozz.]

Mean Az...Ataahua💜

[@bytemevv-4616]

_Beautiful and kinda gothy..._ _...I feel I can relate to this culture._

[@williamrangiwai3220]

Chur, primo alright. Thank you for sharing an insight of your family's family, "It's humbling to see few of many" wearing with mana & pride. Tails of story's new & old to see Iwi's from all over the land. Rekindle with our gods identity

[@jaconmojica4452]

Amazing.

[@tarezamarsters1594]

This is so beautiful ❤

[@tomasrodrigo3807]

I think its absolutely beautiful.

[@georgitaylor2922]

Pls keep up the good work your doing - God Bless you all

[@Magyarorsz]

If your born in Rarotonga and cook island maori they can get s ta moko too excellent 👍

[@tonymorgan9240]

beautiful moko i am proud to be a part of this phenomenem, kia kaha wahine

[@karenedwards8946]

Beautiful people 👍👍👍

[@zumbawithkellyann]

Who is the female artist giving the Kauae?

[@ch3515]

Ataahua 🤗

[@callumbignall1877]

Incredible

[@muffychao2373]

Beautiful😻

[@jenniferbrown3336]

These women are so beautiful and strong!! Just watching you can feel the emotion in all this...

[@reflectingtrees6173]

Ka nui te pai e hine. Ataahua.

[@poatafaulkner5077]

❤❤❤

[@valness3017]

I think this is beautiful on wahine. I know that's not the point, but I always think it's so gorgeous.

[@crystalnyla]

1st one here ✨💕✨ #beautiful

[@jusafimusic1241]

can someone please let me know the song that is sung in the begging of the video? I have not found anything so beautiful sounding in many years. thank you in advance

[@se7encureton]

Her voice is lovely

[@xplct2]

I’ve seen a few get moko for like a fashion statement, is that the right reason to get one.?

[@howudoin8282]

No way. That will be disrespectful to the culture. Like the whaea pretty much said, before getting one, know who you are. Some Women will be and have been asked what her kauae means and when she is asked especially from someone who is a Maori elder, she better explain herself.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Lol people get them for different reasons. Also explained in the video. As long as you are Maori, it’s your birth right to carry the lineage and story of your whakapapa. Few to none would dare get this as a “fashion statement” because being indigenous isn’t a trend nor fashion. Especially seeing how much hate, stigma, prejudice and racism we all face to this day.

[@nicolelawz2790]

WeA u get these from ae.

[@jckarena1284]

Beautiful ♥️

[@crystalrice3381]

So beautiful x

[@pigeonlady747]

The singing is so beautiful..

[@waiataano5884]

#NRGRising #WeEnough :)

[@chanelawhina7523]

How beautiful

[@shazzyfoxymusic]

beautiful ❤

[@thaholydope5395]

ataahua ♥ ️

[@irisross9001]

Beautiful

[@ella5911]

You look So beautiful!

[@adow555]

Marks of esteem, authority and superiority.

[@MANU-ho3uq]

Te Ataahua hoki

[@007streetglider7]

I would love to get a moko, but I'm not maori and it would be weird on a samoan, sad..

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

But Samoa has beautiful tataus?!

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Btw you can get a Kirituhi which is not restricted to Maori only like the Moko, and Moko Kauae, but a Maori style tatau for non Maori wearers...

[@Edu-TainmentforEntrepreneurs]

@@fale892 Chill bro.....

[@howudoin8282]

If it has meaning, get one Gee. It's the 21st century, you might have to go asking for permission tho, the artist might refuse to tattoo you.

[@kalebbrown7243]

Ataahua wahine

[@hawaiianmakaha]

Now I hold my Whakapapa and I take all the responsibility and Mana now🇳🇿💪🏾🌺💪🏾🤙🏽

[@connectingseas7173]

Why doesn’t she have tattoo face tho ?

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Because only men get their whole face done aka Mataora.

[@georgitaylor2922]

Empowered me nevermind the warriors in all of us warriors are all somehow interconnected & there is a knowing about it - although we are ALL from fifferent countries connected as the creeping plants on earth - our roots may of been CUT burndd mutilated but ONCE connected - its like no time has elapsed and we are home w/our brithers n sisters

[@uushboiipuxx2354]

I am Maori. No checks, just maori. Truth, no adding and no taking away. Pono

[@chairmybowl835]

Ngā mihi

[@robertb.seddon1687]

😎🤙

[@ghelhead]

I actually kinda cried during this as a male.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

We all have feelings and emotions. Toxic masculinity and patriarchy has told men other wise.

[@JustinePuku]

Ātaahua

[@wonderwoman589]

❤

[@leonpatrick5606]

Ataahua

[@nicolelawz2790]

I want one.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

Toa

[@andrusol15]

Ojalá subtitulo español

[@cheypotier9199]

❤🔥🤙💪✊👏

[@waiataano5884]

#MarksOFMAna #MokoKauae

[@lukekennedy5438]

It's annoying to think she had to say I'm brown enough as a light skinned Aboriginal-irish mix I know where she's coming from.

[@hawaiianmakaha]

I'm my 1st generation Moko, and I've be trying to teach my children our Maori and Hawaiian Genealogy cuz meh mums neva teach us and she got just so white washed Westerner from dem missionaries 😢

[@monnyray8542]

In Fijian Mokomoko is a type of Fern that crips Moko is Lizard

[@Morningdovie]

All my aunts looked like this omg the hair is my hair the lies of America 🇺🇸

[@GreatballersEver]

I am African...I wish to marry a Maori!

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Why? Fetishes based on ethnicity or someone’s ethnic makeup is actually racist.

[@vininakmuay5577]

@@kilipaki87oritahiti maybe due the fact he's african and suffer a lot during colonization times he likes the indigenous people our history is the same, I'm indigenous from brasil and there is so common the mixture between black and indigenous people.

[@StGammon77]

Nice looking Euromaori people is all I can see

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

All I can see is a white privileged entitled Karen having so much to say about things that are none of her business! The audacity of white people, complaining about how little “indigenous” someone look, when it was they who colonized these lands in the 1st place! Regardless of blood quantum or ethnic makeup, as long as it’s in your blood you’re Maori!

[@Johanna-iu6ly]

Yes, a lot of us are fair, but not euro

[@nikrosevca9294]

Are there any 100 percent maoris left in nz?

[@seanwoon2104]

If you have māori blood, you're māori. Percentages are irrelevant. Kia Ora.

[@kimoanamusic8533]

Doesn't matter how much milk you have in your cup of tea, it's still a cup of tea. Nga mihi

[@delmarae100]

That blood quantum argument has been used in the US to undermine indigenous rights. We dont do that in Aotearoa. If you have 1 drop of Maori blood than you have a whakapapa.

[@captainplanet7735]

There's some that are between 100% to 3/4, most are mixed. I dont really regard anyone under half as maori. They may say they are but genetically they're more European.

[@PsychicIsaacs]

@@delmarae100 I am a Pakeha, descended from English and Scottish Earls and Clan Chiefs. There is a story in our family that many years ago, in the middle of the 19th Century, a Maori Chief came to visit the Estate, and he bought a lot of guns from this Scottish Chief, who was (supposedly) my ancestor. The Maori Chief knew this Scottish Chief's family because he lived near Whitby, in Yorkshire, and his ancestor helped to fund Captain Cook's voyage. Well, the Maori Chief was apparently very popular there, and stayed for some months on my ancestor's estate. After he left, Her Ladyship found out that she was pregnant, and when the baby was born, it was brown... His Lordship claimed the baby as his own, however, and told everyone that there were olive skinned Roman ancestors in the family, and it was clearly a throwback to this genetic. That Maori chief was Hone Heke, or Hongi Hika, he took all those firearms that he bought back to New Zealand and wiped out most of Te Arawa with them. Many years later, my parents moved to Rotorua and bought a house in a Maori area (Western Heights). Mum got to know many Maori women well and became their close friends. Mum and Dad had been Missionaries to the Yamatji tribe in West Australia before they moved to New Zealand and were NOT the domineering type of Missionary. They sought to do good things for the Yamatji such as setting up water supplies for them, and introduced Jesus afterwards. Dad learned to speak Wadjarri, (their language) and learned about their own spirituality before introducing the Gospel. He found a lot of Godliness in their beliefs, and they taught him as much about Spirit as what he taught them. Anyway, after they moved to New Zealand, and began befriending the Maori, Mum was often mistaken for a Maori woman, because she had the olive skin and black hair of her brown-skinned ancestor! They also said that she had Te Wairua, that special Spirit that the Maori have of Aroha, and Mana. I also made many Maori friends, but always felt a great sadness, because they felt so much like my people, but they were not my people. But I believe that the Maori Chief did seduce my grandmother's grandmother, and that the baby that resulted was his child. Mum got on especially well with the few Nga Puhi women who were brave enough to live in Rotorua, and they said that she had their Spirit, that she was one of them. I don't know if she ever told them the story of her ancestor, but even if she didn't, the fact that they felt the Spirit resonate was very interesting. There are some people in her family, to this day, who are born so dark that they are sometimes mistaken for Aborigines, but as for me, I have a fairer complexion, although I always loved Taha Maori. I was taught Harakeke as a child, and some of the songs and stories, which I loved, especially about Hatu Patu and the Birdwoman, and the tales of Maui, and the stories of the Patupaerehe of Ngongotaha! I grew up at the foot of Mt. Ngongotaha, and it really is a very special place! Thank you for making this video about Ta Moko. My husband died almost 18 years ago, and I have been considering getting a picture of him tattooed on my arm. I still love him, and the more I consider this, the more I think it would be the right thing to do. Tino Pai, e Hoa, ki a 'ataa nei! God Bless You, Te Wairua Tapu be with you always!

[@i.q8449]

Choice fam 💯 now time to have Jesus Christ in your life to complete the journey

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Oh please. Colonial brainwash, mentality as well as religious brainwash. Yes write that on a video where one are to celebrate what was almost lost, and banned due to Christian missionaries, and white colonial powers, and take the religion of the suppressors. Sure. Good idea! Also Christianity originated in the Middle East along side Islam, inspired by Judaism.

[@marianamarino126]

Tautoko

[@waiataano5884]

Jesus us with us always

[@budzeekare7838]

Why would a pakeha/tauiwi complete our journey for us?

[@tc10ish]

Gille87 Actually, Islam came about in the 7th century, approximately 600 years after the founding of Christianity.

[@captaincook8283]

I'd never get a Ta Moko from a women

[@rollingdice2226]

Colonised much

[@erinpaul5762]

If you're male, no woman would give u one

[@mindofchrist2301]

Jesus loves you all.

[@stupidfuckingutube42]

As an American descendant of orphaned immigrants, I see this and feel the emptiness, separation from cultures i should have shared.