Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of ...

I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Tap, tap, tap. The unmistakable wood-on-wood sound stops momentarily as white-gloved hands use a ...

Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is about to undergo one of Samoa’s oldest traditions and a rite of passage for many Pasifika women - a traditional tattoo. She recently shared online that she has ...

Yesterday marked a monumental moment in cultural history as Tūhura Otago Museum hosted the world’s first-ever public demonstration of traditional Samoan tattooing in a museum setting. The event, which ...

The King grimaced as he watched a woman undergo the arduous process of receiving a traditional Samoan tattoo on her leg. Professional tattooist John Lemisio introduced the King to his lineage of ...

Samoa was one of those destinations I dreamed about while at my desk staring out of the window on grey London days. A tropical paradise with exotic traditions, captivating music and impressive tattoos ...