"Maori attention the face or the arch as decidedly sacred," says Mera Lee-Penehira, accessory assistant at Te Share Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The boom artisan Inia Taylor has said he had "strong reservations" about accustomed out the work, "but afterwards abounding calls and discussions I realised that the alone acumen to abstinent her would be that of race". "It's not acceptable," says Ms Lee-Penehira, who herself has a button moko. Her bedmate Roger Te Tai, who is Maori and has a abounding facial moko, told TV appearance Te Karere that it took him a while to acquire her ambition to get the tattoo, but that his wife was "more Maori than you'll anytime be".