The maori people of New Zealand hold tattooing as a sacred art. It came from the islands of East Polynesia. Being very distinctive maori Tattoo designs are easily identifiable amongst polynesian tattoos. Maori tattoo designs are easily identifiable due to their unique style. The maori use tattoo as a way of personal identification. Designs are made up of many different shapes familiar to the people. The New Zealand fern with its "Koru" shape is common throughout design culture. The "Koru" shape is the frond of a young unfurling fern leaf. This unfurling leaf symbolizes the unfolding of new life. The maori people identify this significant symbol withvalues of youth, strength and vitality, life unfolding, the Whanau (family) its care and protection.
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Sacred symbols are included in traditional tattoo designs. These symbols represent the personal heritage of an individual. It is an insult to just copy traditional maori tattoo designs as they look on it as stealing an identity.
Maori have traditionally worn the tattoo on their face which was to show everyone who they were i.e. their family, tribe and status within an area grouping. Tattoo designs were traditionally inked on the face and depicted the wearers heritage and standing within a tribal community.
Fascination with maori tattoo designs has made them a favored design to have inked. As stated above you should contemplate the maori culture when considering a maori tattoo as it would be disrespectful to get such tattoos done for the wrong reasons. Traditional maori tattoo designs are not a for sake fashion.
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That is not to say don't go out and get a maori tattoo, you can get your own tattoo designed without the symbolic ties. You can get an experienced maori artist to produce a design that has the look of a traditional moko (tattoo design) which will be personal to you without the cultural symbolic ties. There are many designs that can be personalized to incorporate other styles for example combining maori and Celtic designs. Mixed race people like to represent their heritage from both side and this can be achieved really effectively with a combination of two styles.
There is a fairly new term given to skin art in New Zealand called Kirituhi (writing on skin). Kirituhi should not be mistaken for or confused with “Ta Moko” the traditional and sacred form of maori Tattoo.
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