Hawaiian Airlines' tattoo policy and termination . Knowing about the airline’s policy on tattoos, Sialega-Fili told Simple Flying that she covered her tattoos during work hours, using makeup and ...

6. Chin tattoos called "Moko Kauae". The Maori women and their striking chin tattoos called Moko Kauae. These are meant to represent their true selves, that the symbol is inside them close to ...

A man displays a typical Polynesian full body and face tattoo, in Mo‘orea, French Polynesia. Photograph by Aaron Huey, Nat Geo Image Collection.

What Maui’s tattoos in ‘Moana’ say about Polynesia’s tattoo culture. Tattoos in places like Samoa, Tonga, and Hawai‘i can signify a sacred oath to protect and honor one’s community.

APIA, Samoa (Reuters) - Oliver Fagalilo takes a laboured breath and tenses his body before a sharp steel comb, dipped in ink, drives into his skin. Six hands keep his body still and his skin taut ...

As American anthropologist and tattoo expert Lars Krutak wrote in his excellent introduction to Polynesian tattoos, the complex system of symbols and patterns found across the archipelagos are ...

Sulu’ape Alafia-Liufau, a tattoo artist at A-Town Tattoo says it can take several hours and even days to complete the Pe'a tattoos. "With the men, it usually takes five, six days. With the women ...

International sports goods manufacturer Nike has been forced to withdraw a range of women's sportswear that featured prints of Samoan tattoo patterns traditionally reserved for men. Nike has ...

Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni now proudly wears a traditional Samoan tattoo for women, known as the malu. Te Rito journalism cadet Grace Fiavaai shares her personal journey of getting a ...

Samoa coach Steve Jackson is so determined to avoid the off-field issues that have previously plagued the Pacific islanders that he called in Japanese cultural experts to advise his players when ...

Jamie Soward says his very cryptic tattoo proves his role in Samoa's successful Pacific Championships campaign was not about putting himself in the shop window for his next coaching role.