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Moko (people)
Moko may refer to: * Moko (dolphin), a male bottlenose dolphin that associated with New Zealanders from 2007 to 2010 * Moko (mythology), a character in the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands * Moko, Burkina Faso, a village * Moko drums, Asian bronze drums * MOKO, a shopping mall in Grand Century Place, east Mong Kok, Hong Kong * A banana disease caused by ''Ralstonia solanacearum'' * Tā moko, Māori skin markings akin to tattoos often referred to as moko People * Mokō (born 1990), a Japanese YouTuber * Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi (born 1991), a British soul singer, previously known by the stage-name "Moko" * Moko, a pen-name of Sidney Moko Mead, New Zealand author * Peter Moko Peter Moko was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for New Zealand Māori and Glebe. Playing career An outside back/three-quarters, Moko toured Australia in 1908 with the first ever New Zealand Māori side. The side was led by Al ..., a New Zealand rugby league footballer * Pita Moko ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moko (dolphin)
Moko (2006 – 7 July 2010) was a male bottlenose dolphin who associated with humans on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand from 2007 to 2010. Moko, short for Mokotahi, a headland on Mahia Peninsula, was three-years-old as of July 2009. He resided at Mahia Beach for two and a half years from 2007 to September 2009, and became a major attraction there. He received worldwide fame when he rescued two pygmy sperm whales in March 2008. A year later, he trapped a woman out at sea. At the beginning of September 2009 Moko moved 80 km up the coast to Waikanae Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, and in January 2010 he moved to Whakatāne in the Bay of Plenty for five months before following a fishing boat to Tauranga on 3 June. Scientists were worried about Moko's welfare after a study found he had been scarred by boats and a fish hook. He was found dead on a beach at Matakana Island near Tauranga on 7 July 2010. History Rescue of pygmy sperm whales In March 2008, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moko (mythology)
In the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Moko is a wily character and grandfather of the heroic Ngaru. Moko is a ruler or king of the lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...s, and he orders his lizard subjects to climb into the basket of the sky demon Amai-te-rangi to spy on him. When Amai-te-rangi pulls up his basket, he is disappointed to find it full of miserable little reptiles, which escape and overrun his home in the sky.*W.W. Gill, ''Myths and Songs from the South Pacific'' (H.S. King: London, 1876) References Mangaia mythology {{Oceania-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moko, Burkina Faso
Moko is a village in the Bagassi Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 700. References Populated places in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region Balé Province {{Balé-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |