Brenda Lee became the first Maori police officer in Queensland to proudly wear the moko kauae, a traditional facial tattoo ...

Tā moko should never be referred to as 'scribbles', a Māori academic says following comments made in Parliament by NZ First leader Winston Peters. Paora Sharples, haka expert and Māori Studies ...

Tā moko should never be referred to as ‘scribbles’, a Māori academic says following comments made in Parliament by NZ First leader Winston Peters. Paora Sharples, haka expert and Māori Studies ...

Henare (Henry) Brooking is a ta moko artist and teacher at the Eastern Institute of Technologies Toihoukura Maori Visual Arts School in Gisborne, New Zealand.

An online Māori leader has slammed the new 'Emotiki' mobile app, calling its Māori-themed emojis "culturally unsafe". 'Emotiki', designed by Te Puia in Rotorua, includes more than 200 free ...

CHIC STYLE: Maori moko are being used to promote Jean Paul Gaultier fashion in France. Stuff readers have their say on fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier's use of the moko in his latest campaign ...

Unlike Western tattooing, ta moko is traditionally chiseled into the skin rather than inked with needles, creating patterns that stand out on the face and body.

The tattoo he did get was influenced by the Maori style of "Ta Moko", with Tyson associating it with the Indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand being warriors.

A Maori war veteran was turned away from a pub in Perth, Australia, because of his face tattoos, despite him explaining the cultural significance behind them.

A Perth pub has allegedly turned away a Maori war veteran, refusing to serve him over his traditional facial tattoos.