The body art which is carved into the skin using chisels and called moko, represent a Maori person’s links with their family and cultural identity. So when Sally Anderson, a caucasian, blonde life ...

Meet the Explorer: Taryn Beri is an independent tā moko practitioner in Wellington and a member of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe of the Wellington Region, North Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A good way to decompress? A new video has been posted of Rihanna getting a traditional Maori ...

The tattooists bent over Kingi Taurua for 15 hours, using chisels and a stick as a hammer to gouge bold Maori designs into his bloodied face, buttocks and legs. The tattooists bent over Kingi Taurua ...

"It started at 5 o'clock in the morning and it didn't finish until 8 o'clock at night and so it was continuing all the time," Taurua said. "They asked me if I wanted a break and I said no, because it ...

The tattooists bent over Kingi Taurua for 15 hours, using chisels and a stick as a hammer to gouge bold Maori designs into his bloodied face, buttocks and legs. “It started at 5 o’clock in the morning ...

She's already amassed a vast collection of inkings throughout her career. So in order to mark her recent trip to New Zealand, Rihanna decided to get a permanent reminder by having a traditional Maori ...

Tattoos are one of the oldest art forms, tracing back to 3400 BCE, found on the mummified remains of Otztai, an Ice-age man. Many, like the Maori and Samoan cultures, embrace tattoos as a part of ...

Social media platform Snapchat has removed a feature which allowed users to apply traditional Maori tattoos on their faces. The filters were pulled after their discovery prompted an outcry in New ...

Caleb Pokai says he was banned from entering the Burleigh Pavilion while out dinner with friends due to his tā moko.