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

Because the tattoo is supposed to be Social media platform Snapchat removed filters that placed Maori tattoos on the faces of its users following backlash from New Zealand last week.

Maori people consider tattoo art as sacred, and it is taken as an important marker of the wearer's identity. The move follows local media reports that the filters were proliferating on social media.

But after images of the tattoo surfaced on her business’s website, the life coach, whose husband is of Maori descent, was accused of appropriating the culture of New Zealand’s indigenous ...

Maori tattoos getting under the world's skin. By David Brooks. June 13, 2010 — 12.50pm. ... Facial moko on Maori men recognised high birth and rank, as well as achievements on the battlefield.

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. US heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson and rock star Robbie Williams have angered New Zealand academics with their use of Maori tattoo ...

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 ...

Sally Anderson, who is married to a Maori man, says the moko tattoo on her chin symbolizes her ability to get past what she’s gone through in life, including a violent gang rape in her youth ...

The tattoo is a traditional Maori tattoo that covers a woman's lips and chin. The newscaster clapped back at a viewer who has repeatedly complained about her face tattoo. You are viewing 1 of 3 ...

The face tattoo: It's designed by artist S. Victor Whitwell, who based it on the facial tattoos of the Maori in New Zealand. He has no regrets about it and originally wanted hearts on his face.