What is "moko"

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 lizards, 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.

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, and in January 2010 he moved to Whakatane 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.

Moko is a mythological character in the Cook Islands.

Moko may also refer to:

• Moko (dolphin), a male bottlenose dolphin that associated with New Zealanders from 2007 to 2010
• Moko (singer), a British soul singer
• Moko, Burkina Faso, a village
• Moko drum, Asian bronze drums

Diane Nadia Adu-Gyamfi (born 1991), better known by her stage name Moko, is a British soul singer. She rose to fame after featuring on the Chase & Status single " Count on Me". Moko has released two EPs, Black (2013) and Gold (2014), on MTA and Virgin EMI.