Marti Friedlander and Dr Ngahuia te Awekotuku on Moko

Moko (Maori-motif tattoos) are making a big comeback, and one of the influential sources for the tradition - the book Moko by the late Michael King and Marti Friedlander - has been published in a third edition, 36 years after its first printing. Almost forty years ago, historian Michael King and photographer Marti Friedlander travelled the back-blocks of New Zealand, recording what they thought would be the last images of a dead art: moko, or maori tattoo. The resulting photos were published in his first book, Moko: Maori tattooing in the 20th Century. The forward to the latest edition is written by Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, herself the author of Mau Moko: the World of Maori Tattoo. From Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan 11:30 am Thursday 11 December 2008.