Picture of the Day: President Moon Gets A Maori Nose Greeting
| December 4, 2018
Tag: Maori
New Zealand Military Approves Full Facial Tattoo for Maori Servicemember
| January 10, 2017
I have met people of Maori descent who serve in the US military. I wonder what the Pentagon’s reaction would be to someone of Maori heritage wanting a facial tattoo for cultural reasons?:
After serving 20 years in the Navy a combat specialist has become the first to be allowed a full facial Maori tattoo.
Rawiri Barriball was granted clearance in December to wear the moko after having to apply for it under navy law, NZME reported.
“I’ve always felt I was gonna get it, I just wanted to achieve a few things first and one of them was doing 20 years’ [service],” he told NewsHub. [Stuff.co.nz]
You can read more at the link, but I have spent quite a bit of time in New Zealand and it is not uncommon to see Maori with a facial tattoo. However, I saw very few Maori have facial tattoos as large as Mr. Barriball.
