maori tattoo art and design

Kia ora and welcome!

At Tikitat we offer an alternative and convenient way for you to get a genuine Maori tribal design for your tattoo needs through custom design and downloads.

As specialists we understand how difficult it is to find an expert in this area particularly in your country.

We operate in New Zealand. Home of Ta Moko and Maori arts and can send your artwork via the internet where you can get inked by your own tattoo artist.

Tikitat is short for Tiki Tattoos and designs and forms part of the Māori-arts.com website with special discounts for Māori arts.com members only.

Māori Tribal Designs

You can view All downloadable Māori Tribal Designs and tattoos in flash art by going to the download section of this website. If you like what you see and you want more you can sign up as a members of maoriarts to get access into the members section. Mebership is FREE.

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Once you are in you will be able to download your FREE Electronic Book catalogue of Māori tattoo and designs (part one) or view online. You can can come back to this website anytime.

Get your own Māori Tribal Tattoo Design?

UB40 and MOKO

Astro from the band UB40 gets his very own Maori Tattoo while at a concert in New Zealand.

UB40 band member Astro will carry a piece of Rotorua on him for the rest of his life thanks to Rotorua ta moko artist Richard Francis.

Astro first had work done with Mr Francis last year when UB40 were in Rotorua.

"I answered the phone and this English voice asked if I would come and do a moko on him before the concert. I said 'sorry bro I'm leaving for the concert now', then I realised it was Astro. I arranged for him to come and see me the next morning."

At 9am on Sunday, Astro turned up at his studio on Arawa St.

"When he arrived I asked him if he went out after the concert.

"But he said he had a lot of respect for what the moko stood for and wanted to get plenty of rest."

"He's really down to earth, he is just like you and me.

"We just talked about music and people. He is really in touch with his people back home."

Māori Designs and Tattoos

Actual screen shot of catalogue Available now in the members area

Tattoos: From Maori to America

By host Tom Ashbrook

America is in the middle of a tattoo craze. Forty percent of Americans aged 26 to 40 have been tattooed. More than a third of Americans 18 to 25 have already been inked somewhere -- sometimes in ways shocking to their elders.

But the U.S. tattoo culture is nothing compared to some of the world's body art traditions.

New Zealand's indigenous Maori people sustain an ancient tattoo tradition that puts bold spirals and family history on their faces. It was banned. It's come back.

Listern to the 45 minute interview in audio. Not to be missed.