Taia o moko, hai hoa matenga mou. Only death can deprive you of your moko. It will be your ornament and your companion until your dying day. The Christchurch Arts Festival in association with ...

Tattooing is more than skin deep - for small-town Waipatu man, Jahvan Apatu, the traditional Maori form, ta moko, embodies culture. Ta moko is historically ritualised and depicts an individual's ...

When George Tamihana Nuku, a Maori chief with a full facial moko (as the elaborate skin art is known), was touring America two years ago, not everyone was shocked by his appearance. "Some people are ...

Ta moko is becoming more of a permanent sight among Maori women in Wanganui. Wanganui ta moko artist Ngahina Gardiner said, in recent years, there had been an increase in interest and demand for ta ...

Tā Moko is the traditional tattoo worn by the Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Since the Maori people consider the head to be the most sacred part of the body, the most popular kind of Maori tattoo is ...

The Maori have a centuries-old tradition of tā moko, their distinct body mod tattooing On tonight’s Needles and Pins on VICELAND, we travel to New Zealand with British body modification artist Grace ...

With a little ink, some stinging pain and a helping hand from the ancestors, Mark Kopua can heal a wounded soul. He is a modern master of an ancient art called ta moko, one of the world's oldest forms ...

So Anywho,<BR> I'm doing a project/paper for my Art-2D class on the Ta Moko of the Maori of New Zealand. So far I've spent about 3 days looking for materials and to be honest, I've come up with just ...

The University of St. Joseph’s Art Museum opened ‘Moko-Maori Tattoo – Photographs of Hans Neleman,’ on Jan. 18. The exhibition focuses on New Zealand’s Maori community, with an intense examination of ...