"We have to protect the last bastions that we have as Maori to make us different," said one expert. Moko are carved into the skin using chisels. They are a sacred tradition, denoting a person's ...

Plan to spend the better part of a day here. The Māori carvings at Lake Taupo’s Mine Bay, in central North Island, were created in the late 1970s and represent the passing of skills from one ...

Female facial tattoos, or moko kauae, have been a part of Maori culture for centuries. They are carved into the skin using chisels and are seen as particularly sacred, denoting a person's links ...

An initiative that began as a collaboration between Te Kōhao Health and Hillcrest Normal School in late 2022, aimed at empowering ākonga Māori, has grown into a widely popular carving project ...

In 1976 it took five carvers five years to create the 14 metre high Māori rock carving in Mine Bay on Lake Taupō. Fast forward to today and it’s one of the most iconic pieces of Māori artwork in New ...