As Maori culture and society started to weaken with the growing flood of colonists, the tattooing of men's faces ended in the mid-19th century, although the female or kauae moko continued to be ...

As Maori culture and society started to weaken with the growing flood of colonists, the tattooing of men's faces ended in the mid-19th century, although the female or kauae moko continued to be ...

Serendipity helped convince Oriana McLeod that the time had come for her first tattoo. The 47-year-old Maori woman's path crossed Kopua's at a recent world music festival in this west coast town.

Facial tattoos, or moko, have been a part of Maori culture for centuries. They are carved into the skin using chisels in an important ritual, and are used as a means to mark each wearer's unique ...

Facial tattoos - moko kauae - are of particular importance. Men's moko tend to cover their entire face, while the women's cover the chin.

Maori men traditionally receive a facial tattoo known as Mataora, which is a symbol of nobility, while women receive tattoos on their lips and chin called Moko kauae, which is representative of ...

Some New Zealanders with Maori heritage wear tattoos, known as moko, to mark their genealogy and heritage. Men's moko tend to cover their entire face, while women's moko cover their chin.

Men and women of all ranks often had moko on their bodies and women had small tattoos carved on their chins, sometimes with blackened lips. As Maori culture and society started to weaken with the ...