Moko - the art of tattoo - has always been part of the Maori world in New Zealand. It is about beauty, and belonging. And it is much more than skin deep.

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 ...

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 body art did not end there. Pearce said he has added to his family tattoos since wrapping The Convert, signifying his mother and sister on his shoulders. "I'm telling my family story purely ...

A Maori tattoo artist's perfect day in Wellington. Tā moko practitioner Taryn Beri shares the best sights, bites, and art in the city.

Taurua was following a long line of ancestors in receiving the tattoos, or moko as they are known to New Zealand's indigenous Maori. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as ...

The artist S. Victor Whitmill, who created Mike Tyson's facial tattoo, sued Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. for depicting the same tattoo on actor Ed Helms' face in "The Hangover Part II." ...

Taurua was following a long line of ancestors in receiving the tattoos, or moko as they are known to New Zealand's indigenous Maori. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as ...

But the U.S. tattoo culture is nothing compared to some of the world's body art traditions. New Zealand's indigenous Maori people sustain an ancient tattoo tradition that puts bold spirals and ...