In one of the pictures of the weavers in the last post, one of the women had a tattoo on her chin. Tattoos, called Moko, have been an integral part of Maori culture for many hundreds of years. Far ...

Oriini Kaipara has been a journalist for almost 20 years, focusing on issues of the country’s indigenous Maori people. Oriini Kaipara has been a journalist for almost 20 years, focusing on issues of ...

A high-profile newsreader in New Zealand has publicly slapped down an irate viewer who had repeatedly complained about her traditional face tattoo. In 2021, Newshub presenter Oriini Kaipara became the ...

A Brisbane pub is changing its entry policy after a Māori woman took to social media to vent her frustration when she was banned from entry because of her chin tattoo. Juanita McNamera, who lives in ...

A Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi doctoral student claims 40 per cent of Maori women have or are thinking of getting a ta moko, but men have largely usurped the cultural practices around getting ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an "incredibly diverse" cabinet Monday that includes New Zealand's first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a Maori ...

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 ...

A New Zealand woman made history on Christmas Day, becoming the first person with a Maori face tattoo to anchor a primetime newscast. Oriini Kaipara has been a journalist for almost 20 years, focusing ...

A high profile New Zealand newsreader has publicly shamed an irate viewer who had bombarded her with a ridiculous complaint. In 2021, Newshub presenter Oriini Kaipara because the first person to ...