Korurangi or Whakarare
Used throughout New Zealand (Aotearoa), this pattern is mostly used in carvings to show movement and experience.
Maui
From Tai Rawhiti, Te Arawa, and Te Waipounamu, this pattern represents the fish hook of Maui.
Raperape
Used throughout New Zealand (Aotearoa), this design is carved to represent movement. It stands for continuity towards our evolving future.
Rauponga
From Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, Te Arawa and the Waikato, this design is used on the body of figures to represent the ribs of the ancestors. The design is from the leaf of the fern.
Rauru
From Tai Rawhiti, Ngati Tuwharetoa, the Waikato, and Tai Hauraki, this is the most common form of pattern and is also common in Uhi Moko, used on buttocks.
Unahi or Unaunahi
From Tai Tokerau, this pattern represents fish scales, and is mainly done in the Tai Tokerau area, where it is used to represent abundance of food, and wealth of the sea and people.
