Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, right, canceled his trip to the U.S. due to concerns that his moko mataora (Maori face tattoos for men) ...

Maori face tattoo: It is OK for a white woman to have one? Image source, evolvedleadership.com.au Image caption, Sally Anderson's headshot from her life coaching business ...

The “moko” is no ordinary face tattoo. It’s embedded with history, having been proudly worn by the Maori people in New Zealand for hundreds of years to denote aspects of their lives such as ...

A New Zealand life coach has been taken to task over her controversial face tattoo, which she has been accused of using to help boost her business.. Sally Anderson, who runs a firm called Evolved ...

Face tattoos, called moko kauae, are of a particular importance. “Maori regard the face or the head as particularly sacred,” Lee-Penehira said. “So the carvings that go on the face or head ...

A New Zealand life coach has been taken to task over her controversial face tattoo, which she has been accused of using to help boost her business. Sally Anderson, who runs a firm called Evolved ...

The developers had created filters that can be applied to applications like Instagram and Snapchat. These filters go by titles like "Maori Mask" and "Maori Face Tattoo," among others.

We exist and we exist because we’re Maori. Pure and simple,” she said. Kaipara wears her facial tattoo with pride because it so much more than just art and ink.

In 2019, she chose to get moko kauae, a traditional face tattoo for Maori women. That’s when she became the first person with such a tattoo to anchor a mainstream television program.

Face tattoos carry a negative stigma in today's society. ... Big Eagle says she consulted with Maori tā moko practitioners for her own face tattoos.

Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture for centuries, a sacred marker of the wearer's genealogy and heritage. But one woman's striking chin design - or moko - has generated huge debate ...