Arekatera “Katz” Maihi can vividly recall the sickening stench of smoke and harrowing echo of family members’ cries as his tribal house in Auckland, New Zealand, went up in flames in the middle of the ...

His experience is a marked departure from that of his parents and grandparents, who grew up at a time when the practice was ...

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 life ...

Guy Pearce stars in "The Convert." File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) --Guy Pearce said his new movie The Convert, in theaters and video-on-demand Friday, made a permanent ...

"It started at 5 o'clock in the morning and it didn't finish until 8 o'clock at night and so it was continuing all the time," Taurua said. "They asked me if I wanted a break and I said no, because it ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Christmas Day, veteran New Zealand journalist Oriini Kaipara made history. She is her country’s first news anchor to host a national primetime broadcast sporting ...

She's already amassed a vast collection of inkings throughout her career. So in order to mark her recent trip to New Zealand, Rihanna decided to get a permanent reminder by having a traditional Maori ...

Meet the Explorer: Taryn Beri is an independent tā moko practitioner in Wellington and a member of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe of the Wellington Region, North Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The ...

Social media platform Snapchat has removed a feature which allowed users to apply traditional Maori tattoos on their faces. The filters were pulled after their discovery prompted an outcry in New ...

LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) --Guy Pearce said his new movie The Convert, in theaters and video-on-demand Friday, made a permanent impact on him as he got Maori tattoos from the film's Maori tattoo ...