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"Māori facial tattoos get visibility boost following appointment of New Zealand foreign minister"
Nanaia Mahuta, the first female member of parliament to wear moko kauae, pictured in February 2020. Credit: Mark Tantrum/Getty Images
"Politician Nanaia Mahuta made history this week when she was named New Zealand's first Indigenous female foreign minister. But for those with traditional Māori tattoos, known as moko, she has long been breaking down barriers.
In 2016, after taking part in a Māori tattooing design ceremony, Mahuta became the first female member of parliament to wear lip and chin markings, or moko kauae. Traditional tattoos offer 'positive ways to enable cultural expression and pride in being Māori," she tweeted last year.'"
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