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Juanita McNamera, who lives in Brisbane, said she was denied entry to Irish pub Finn McCools in Fortitude Valley on Saturday night because of her moko kauae, or chin tattoo.
The tattoo is a traditional Maori tattoo that covers a woman's lips and chin. The newscaster clapped back at a viewer who has repeatedly complained about her face tattoo. You are viewing 1 of 3 ...
A Maori woman has vowed to take a Brisbane pub to the human rights watchdog after she claimed they were racist by ... “The security tried to tell me my Maori culture, my chin is a ‘tattoo’ ...
In 2021, Newshub presenter Oriini Kaipara because the first person to anchor a prime time news broadcast in NZ bearing a moko kauae, a traditional Maori tattoo that covers a woman’s lips and chin.
A woman has been denied entry into a popular Brisbane rooftop restaurant and bar for having a cultural tattoo on her chin, months after she was previously refused entry into a Fortitude Valley ...
Moko kauae is a sacred chin tattoo reserved for women, celebrating their traditions, heritage, and identity! A beautiful expression! CC BY QueenslandPolice, First Maori police officer to wear moko ...
The tool allowed users to virtually impose Maori tattoos, which ... the lips to the chin. As a result, no two tattoos are identical and the mass application ... moko among both Maori men and women.
A Maori woman has vowed to take a Brisbane pub to the human rights watchdog after she claimed they were racist by refusing her entry due to her facial cultural symbols.