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.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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. HOME MAIL ...

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.

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.

Perth pub turns away ‘flabbergasted’ Maori veteran over face tattoo/Mataora. The Maori veteran said he was left feeling “embarrassed” after he was refused service at a popular pub over his ...

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.