The most common choice is the chin pattern, or kauae, which persisted throughout the colonial period, and which I saw and admired as a child growing up in the 1950s. Maori women have always had ...

Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin in New Zealand on Monday.

But some non-Maori also request Peri’s designs – a practice that has been met with controversy over the years. “The meaning is the same to me,” Peri said.

The Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the 10th century. Matau, or fishhooks, were among their tools, fashioned ...

Inspired by traditional Maori patterns, the Waka Whakaka series of lighting fixtures combines contemporary design technologies with Polynesian culture to produce a truly unique lamp.

In 2021, Newshub presenter Oriini Kaipara because the first person to anchor a prime time news broadcast in NZ bearing a moko kauae, a traditional Maori tattoo that covers a woman’s lips and chin.

"In Maori speak, they will be able to 'sleep the sweet slumber.' Only when they are returned to New Zealand and reacquainted with their pito ; that's their umbilical cord, and their whenua ; that ...

An 11-day exhibit of Maori art — including stone, bone and wood carvings, weaving and bronze works — will follow at Venice Beach’s Rose Room, where performers will display traditional dance ...

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 ...

Until the 1870s, Maori men of New Zealand etched deep tattoos over their entire faces. Patterns were chiseled into the skin to create parallel ridges and grooves, much like designs cut into wood.

Politicians typically swat away questions about their appearance, but Te Pati Maori has wielded fashion as a political weapon. By Serena Solomon Reporting from Auckland, New Zealand The outfit is ...