Moko - the art of tattoo - has always been part of the Maori world in New Zealand. It is about beauty, and belonging. And it is much more than skin deep. When the first European explorers came into ...

The United States returned the tattooed head of a Maori and bones from 13 others to New Zealand on Monday — the latest repatriation of indigenous remains from overseas museums, a Maori expert said.

A Maori tribal chief guards the waharoa in the exhibition hall of the Shanghai Museum. He's been there since July 22 and he will stand by the carved gateway until Nov 6, uniting the spirits of the ...