Henare (Henry) Brooking is a ta moko artist and teacher at the Eastern Institute of Technologies Toihoukura Maori Visual Arts School in Gisborne, New Zealand. The tattoo artist is one of the many ...

That same year, 50 artists set up a national forum, called Te Uhi A Mataora, to set design and health standards for Maori tattoo artists and protect traditional motifs against abuse in New Zealand ...

The moko kauae is a sacred tattoo traditionally worn by Māori women that covers most of the chin and lips. The male equivalent is the mataora, which can cover most of the face. The increasing ...

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

Presented by Te Uhi a Mataora and Toi Maori Aotearoa. Te Uhi a Mataora are committed to the promotion of ta moko (tattoo) as a living, breathing and dynamic artform, worn as a symbol of one's ...

A proliferation of social media filters that allow users to project mataora, moko kauae and other ... Given names like "Māori Mask" and "Māori Face Tattoo" among others, creators have designed ...

Despite the prevalence of tattoos in modern culture the stigma appears to still exist. That’s been an issue for Māori, with tā moko, mataora and moko kauae, when they travel there. But are ...

History grants have been awarded to 10 projects which will tell a wide range of histories - from the revival of Moko Mataora (facial tattoo) in the North, to a 1795 shipwreck in Tamatea Dusky ...

The Maori veteran said he was left feeling “embarrassed” after he was refused service at a popular pub over his traditional face tattoo, known as Mataora. Michael Barclay told A Current Affair ...