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Pictured is Oriini Kaipara, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, the first woman in world journalism history to wear a visible tattoo and remain employed.
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Pictured is Oriini Kaipara, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, the first woman in world journalism history to wear a visible tattoo and remain employed.
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That tattoo is gorgeous!
She’s a presenter on the Maori TV channel haha we all love the moko and it’s a relatively popular tattoo for traditional maori women
From far away it kinda looks like she ripped out an aliens throat with her teeth.
We journalist espouse accuracy in reporting so please be clear that she is reportedly the first *broadcast* (i.e., tv news) journalist to be employed in the profession. There are countless tattooed women in journalism as a whole.
In fact, I would even question the whole premise of this post given that eyebrow, eyeliner, and lipstick tattoos are a thing these days. This woman is probably just the first to be recognized because her tattoo is so obvious.
Either way, it’s beautiful ink and I appreciate the cultural tradition she is carrying on. Hopefully this sort of thing will continue to push boundaries so it’s not just a Māori tattoo on a Māori station that is acceptable.
That’s awesome sauce I hope she rises based on her merit and that she’s never bashed for her pride in culture.
I was curious, so I looked up an article…
> “I have one male English ancestor in both my mother’s and father’s genealogy.”
> […]
> “You’re 98% Māori.” (The remaining 2% was likely to be “noise” rather than an accurate result).
It… seems pretty likely that the 2% isn’t noise considering you know that it isn’t noise? Am I just dumb?
A less typical example of why representation matters.
Note it is illegal to fire her for this in New Zealand
Me after eating fruit roll ups
That’s a bad ass looking tattoo.
Interesting precedence, what tattoos are acceptable?
Cool, I just saw Alien Weaponry in a tiny club and it was brutal and bad ass. Maori culture is a proud and fierce one.
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Why is it so much lighter and less filled-in in the shot of her at the newsdesk? Is she having it removed?
That’s how I looked when I sucked on the back of my broken pen in class
She looks like a jedi
She’s blazing a trail. Props.
Ummmm? Firing someone for a moko is illegal.
Its 2020, the world needs to know new Zealand is pretty badass when it comes to continuous progress.
traditional tattoo method or done via machine?
What about Post Malone?!
good on her for honoring her roots, I think she looks lovely still
Good on her
Beautiful
Wear it proud.
Respect
That tat makes her look like she just came out of the Birds of Prey movie.
Looks pretty cool, do tattoos on the lips fade faster? I know the ones people do under their lips are supposed to.
There is a big difference between that and the usual “sorry we aren’t hiring” face tattoo. Thats probably one of the prettiest ive seen