Exterior Tattoo parlour
FX: Tattooists needle
19:30
Hardaker: Worse than the dentist. This is the place where you really do suffer for your art -- the Moko shop the home of traditional Maori tattooing.
19:38
Hardaker looks in window
Hardaker: So which one will I go for? The discreet off the shoulder number? Or something a little more in your face?
19:47
Hardaker enters shop
Hesitate no more its time to go under the needle. Maori culture insists you remove your shoes for the walk of death.
19:55
Hardaker talks to client
Hardaker: Hows it going?
Tattooist: Getting there
Hardaker: Any pain?
Man in chair: Plenty.
Hardaker: A bit?
Man in chair: Its all worth it, though.
Hardaker: Good luck.
20:09
Hardaker descends staircase
Hardaker: But to meet New Zealands master of pain you have to go - where else - into the dungeon.
20:25
Hardaker meets Inya and client
Here is the Moko man. Here is his lifes work.
20:35
And here is his canvas today Tipeni Makere or his forearm anyway.
Inya: This here coming like here with the fern thats like new life, new growth and thats growth within that wisdom I mean its all pretty straightforward, without trying to do a six minute lecture on the art of the culture, but each of these things are like little prayers, same with the Samoan tattoo, each of these are like little prayers.
Hardaker: He mightnt wear his art on his sleeve, but for Inya Taylor this is a matter of the spirit.
21:07
Inya says prayer, then starts tattoo
Maori prayer
21:16
Hardaker: Inya Taylor is a third generation moko tattoo artist.
21:43
The fearsome faces of Once Were Warriors were his design. These days the full face Moko is a political statement, recalling the times pre-colonisation when Moko literally defined who you were -- a story line if you like of ancestry, and tribal affiliation -- with each design unique. Over the last decade theres been a Moko resurgence to match a new assertion of Maori culture. Worn mostly on the body, in New Zealand the tattoo is no taboo.
Inya with client
Inya: All the way through this Im thinking the Kotoos are the land and the arikiki is the land and the feather is the sky and this is the sea. So theres like three elements in the whole thing, and three is the lucky number and threes been the number of the family, like mother father child the trinity its always been strong. In this case its the past the present and the future.
22:17
Inya draws ttatoo
Hardaker: Expect a day of reflections on matters of the spirit and the soul, stories of Maori legend and suppression. These lines stay with you for life. To take the pain of the Moko is a defining moment its shedding the old skin, a metamorphosis, a change for the good.
22:56
Inya
Inya: To me I look at this stuff and its the art of kings. Thats what it is, its the art of kings because this is, if we had a crown of the Pacific this is it. Its kind of gone from that to being the domain of failed panel beaters working in red light districts. How could it be more different?
23:16
Ben with client
Hardaker: Upstairs the endurance race is not going so well.
Ben: Were about a third of the way through the shading bro, two thirds to go, youll make it.
23:41
Inya with Tipini
Hardaker: Downstairs, if not quite a bloodbath were seeing what Tipini Makere is really made of.
Tipini: If it doesnt look really painful every morons going to want one of these. They wont think us Maoris are tough any more if were all smiling all the way through, and when they find out its all done with mirrors and makeup well never get a job again.
23:58
Inya: Tomutu bro
Tipini: Its a marathon.
Inya: its a Maorithon. OK bro, catch you soon, kia ora, ano.
24:24
Inya prepares needle for Hardaker
Hardaker: Now though for the real test
24:58
Inya: so are you ready, bro?
Hardaker: sure you know what youre doing?
Inya: Yeah
Hardaker: Well how about an anaesthetic? Come on Im not a Maori.
Inya: Just lie back and think of the rugby, bro.
Hardaker: no No NO NO NOOOOO!!
25:00
Exterior of tattoo parlour
Inya: Rugby world cup, bro?
Hardaker: I dont care about the rugby world cup, you win! Its yours. You can have it.
Inya: Were not even allowed to host it.
25:17
Hardaker in slo mo/shots of tattoos
Hardaker: It was about then it all went blank. Hours, maybe days passed. But heck, Inya had assured me, he only used the temporary stuff for the story.
25:29
Inya tattoos Hardaker
Hardaker: Now listen Inya, you did use the temporary like we agreed?
Inya: Oh, you wanted the temporary one, bro?
Hardaker: Inya seems to take particular pleasure needling his visitors. But say what you like the moko master has left his mark, why though did he have to leave it on me?
25:40
Credits
Reporter: David Hardaker
Camera: Ron Foley
Sound: Kate Graham
Editor: Garth Thomas
FX: Tattooists needle
19:30
Hardaker: Worse than the dentist. This is the place where you really do suffer for your art -- the Moko shop the home of traditional Maori tattooing.
19:38
Hardaker looks in window
Hardaker: So which one will I go for? The discreet off the shoulder number? Or something a little more in your face?
19:47
Hardaker enters shop
Hesitate no more its time to go under the needle. Maori culture insists you remove your shoes for the walk of death.
19:55
Hardaker talks to client
Hardaker: Hows it going?
Tattooist: Getting there
Hardaker: Any pain?
Man in chair: Plenty.
Hardaker: A bit?
Man in chair: Its all worth it, though.
Hardaker: Good luck.
20:09
Hardaker descends staircase
Hardaker: But to meet New Zealands master of pain you have to go - where else - into the dungeon.
20:25
Hardaker meets Inya and client
Here is the Moko man. Here is his lifes work.
20:35
And here is his canvas today Tipeni Makere or his forearm anyway.
Inya: This here coming like here with the fern thats like new life, new growth and thats growth within that wisdom I mean its all pretty straightforward, without trying to do a six minute lecture on the art of the culture, but each of these things are like little prayers, same with the Samoan tattoo, each of these are like little prayers.
Hardaker: He mightnt wear his art on his sleeve, but for Inya Taylor this is a matter of the spirit.
21:07
Inya says prayer, then starts tattoo
Maori prayer
21:16
Hardaker: Inya Taylor is a third generation moko tattoo artist.
21:43
The fearsome faces of Once Were Warriors were his design. These days the full face Moko is a political statement, recalling the times pre-colonisation when Moko literally defined who you were -- a story line if you like of ancestry, and tribal affiliation -- with each design unique. Over the last decade theres been a Moko resurgence to match a new assertion of Maori culture. Worn mostly on the body, in New Zealand the tattoo is no taboo.
Inya with client
Inya: All the way through this Im thinking the Kotoos are the land and the arikiki is the land and the feather is the sky and this is the sea. So theres like three elements in the whole thing, and three is the lucky number and threes been the number of the family, like mother father child the trinity its always been strong. In this case its the past the present and the future.
22:17
Inya draws ttatoo
Hardaker: Expect a day of reflections on matters of the spirit and the soul, stories of Maori legend and suppression. These lines stay with you for life. To take the pain of the Moko is a defining moment its shedding the old skin, a metamorphosis, a change for the good.
22:56
Inya
Inya: To me I look at this stuff and its the art of kings. Thats what it is, its the art of kings because this is, if we had a crown of the Pacific this is it. Its kind of gone from that to being the domain of failed panel beaters working in red light districts. How could it be more different?
23:16
Ben with client
Hardaker: Upstairs the endurance race is not going so well.
Ben: Were about a third of the way through the shading bro, two thirds to go, youll make it.
23:41
Inya with Tipini
Hardaker: Downstairs, if not quite a bloodbath were seeing what Tipini Makere is really made of.
Tipini: If it doesnt look really painful every morons going to want one of these. They wont think us Maoris are tough any more if were all smiling all the way through, and when they find out its all done with mirrors and makeup well never get a job again.
23:58
Inya: Tomutu bro
Tipini: Its a marathon.
Inya: its a Maorithon. OK bro, catch you soon, kia ora, ano.
24:24
Inya prepares needle for Hardaker
Hardaker: Now though for the real test
24:58
Inya: so are you ready, bro?
Hardaker: sure you know what youre doing?
Inya: Yeah
Hardaker: Well how about an anaesthetic? Come on Im not a Maori.
Inya: Just lie back and think of the rugby, bro.
Hardaker: no No NO NO NOOOOO!!
25:00
Exterior of tattoo parlour
Inya: Rugby world cup, bro?
Hardaker: I dont care about the rugby world cup, you win! Its yours. You can have it.
Inya: Were not even allowed to host it.
25:17
Hardaker in slo mo/shots of tattoos
Hardaker: It was about then it all went blank. Hours, maybe days passed. But heck, Inya had assured me, he only used the temporary stuff for the story.
25:29
Inya tattoos Hardaker
Hardaker: Now listen Inya, you did use the temporary like we agreed?
Inya: Oh, you wanted the temporary one, bro?
Hardaker: Inya seems to take particular pleasure needling his visitors. But say what you like the moko master has left his mark, why though did he have to leave it on me?
25:40
Credits
Reporter: David Hardaker
Camera: Ron Foley
Sound: Kate Graham
Editor: Garth Thomas