I ēnei rā, ko te moko tērā e kitea whānuitia. Ko Mokonuiārangi Smith, o Te Arawa o Tākitimu anō hoki, e whai nei i tōna ake ara kia whakarauora i ngā mahi tā moko o te ao tawhito.
Hei tāna, "Ki roto i wēnei taonga nei ngā hononga ki ngā tūpuna nō konei, ana, nō Hawaiki rā anō hoki, o te moana nui a Kiwa whānui tonu."
Kua kōwhiri a Damaris Coulter (NgāPuhi, Ngāti Kahu) kia tāngia ki ngā uhi taketake, kaua ki te pū me te nīra.
Ko tāna, "I wanted some armour and I wanted something that represented what I wanted was trying to do / and I wanted to do it in a way because that's the original way I wanted to earn it."
Nā Inia Taylor rāua ko Croc Coulter a Mokonuiārangi Smith i whakaako ki ngā mahi tā, he tauira rāua nā te mātanga tatau a Paolo Luape o Hāmoa.
"I tino rongo i te kukume ki te rapu i tētahi kei te mōhio ki ēnei mātauranga ana pēhea te kapo ake te hāpai ake."
Hei tā Moko Smith he painga anō kai roto i ngā taera e rua, arā, i roto hoki i ngā rerekētanga.
"Kei ngā uhi tonu te tikanga he aha tāu e tā ana. Ka taea ngā rārangi pēnei, engari kaua ko ngā rārangi pēnei, ēnei momo āhuatanga," te kī a Smith.
Hei tāna anō, "Nō reira kei tēnā kei tēnā ōna tikanga ōna pūkenga, ōna mana ōna mauri, ki ahau nei kia ora ngā mea e rua kia taea te toro atu ki tēnā ki tēnā."
Hei tā Smith ehara i te whakataetae, arā, me whakanui ngā uhi whakaheke i ngā taonga tuku iho katoa.