Even so, Maori tattoos adorn bodies of numerous foreign celebrities. Pop star Williams stirred up a controversy in 2000 when a Maori artist tattooed the singer's arm in New Zealand.

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

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 ...

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.

A Maori woman with traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, poses in Waikato, New Zealand, on Feb. 14, 2000. PHOTO: AFP. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Maori culture ...

The body art which is carved into the skin using chisels and called moko, represent a Maori person’s links with their family and cultural identity. So when Sally Anderson, a caucasian, blonde ...

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

We exist and we exist because we’re Maori. Pure and simple,” she said. Kaipara wears her facial tattoo with pride because it so much more than just art and ink.

3am; Celebrity News; Rihanna; Rihanna gets traditional Maori tattoo inked with a chisel and mallet (video) Rihanna looks like she's about to either faint or vomit (and the same could be said of us) ...