Tāku Puhoro, Tāku Purotu: An overview of the practice and wearing of puhoro by wāhine Māori speaks to the journey of wāhine Māori to reclaim the nature of moko puhoro as the essence of mana wāhine. 

Featuring texts by editor Julie Paama-Pengelly, Professor Mera Penehira, Jeanette McDonnell-Rata, Hikumutu Kawiti and Huingangutu Taylor-Wi Neera alongside full-colour portraits by Anne Shirley, Tāku Puhoro, Tāku Purotu reflects on twenty years of contemporary practice of puhoro, locating women as ta moko practitioners and recipients from pre-colonial ties to the present.

ISBN

9780473708641