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Maori means tattooing commenced a love affair between a princes with name Niwareka and a young man by the name of Mataora (it means face of vitality)

Tattooing came to New Zealand from Eastern Polynesian culture According to archaeological evidence. It is in the early sites that the widest chisel blades are found in New Zealand, and this lends evidence to the theory that there was possibly a preference towards rectilinear tattoo patterns in earlier times. The most sacred part of the body was the head, and tattooing caused blood to run the tattoo craftsmen, or ‘’tohunga ta oko’’ were very tapu persons. Many Maori people had tattoos, all high ranking Maori were tattooed. The Maoris that didn’t have tattoos were seen as persons of no social status. The tattooing was making a warrior attractive to women. When a boy came in puberty he got the tattooing, accompanied by many rites and rituals. Women likes when men have tattoos. Many men have the tattoos right in their face, our other places. The tattoo practice marked both rites of passage and important events in a person's life.