In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity. Tattooing has existed since ...

Reclaiming cultural tattoos is "proof that we're still here", school principal Hira Hona says. Source: Supplied / Te Matatini Enterprises/Getty/SBS News When Hira Hona decided to tattoo half his face, ...

Across the Pacific, tattoos are etched into the culture. Finding meaning in your own ‘story on skin’ helps honor the tradition. A young man in Oahu, Hawai‘i, gets a tattoo the traditional way, with a ...

Almost a quarter of Australian women now have tattoos - a trend some attribute to the influence of feminism. What I find interesting is that the mainstreaming of female tattooing in the west has ...

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a blood-curdling halt after one of its newly elected MPs burst into the traditional Maori haka dance - causing the session to be suspended. Oriini Kaipara, 42, ...

A Māori man says he was refused service from Burleigh Pavilion on the Gold Coast because of his cultural tattoo. Caleb Pokai has a tā moko on his neck — a centuries-old tradition and symbol of ...

Join us as we bring a delightful cultural food exchange by introducing jolly traditional Korean snacks to some wonderful Maori friends in New Zealand. Explore the global cuisine trends through this ...

Union members at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) are being balloted on strike action in a dispute over compulsory redundancies. It comes after management announced plans to cut 16 ...

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Brian Gardiner was denied entry to a Wollongong pub for having a facial tattoo. He says the facial tā moko is a significant cultural symbol that should be exempt from hotel rules about tattoos.

Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat’s milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two small Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos. The practice of elder women needling ...