Tribal tattoos really get a bad rap, whether it’s for being boring or ubiquitous or any other number of complaints. The easy solution? Make them all look as amazing as this.
(Paul’s arm and chest — 16 hours, thus far — by Steve Oliver.)
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Oh, and all of the Aotearoa related articles on BMEWiki were written by me (under my ex-iam name original_sly/Sly) and it was me who drew up the BMEAotearoa shirt design. I used to be all about this community under it was stolen by a lying whore. Chur chur cuz!
Oh, and all of the Aotearoa related articles on BMEWiki were written by me (under my ex-iam name original_sly/Sly) and it was me who drew up the BMEAotearoa shirt design. I used to be all about this community under it was stolen by a lying whore. Chur chur cuz!
*until. god-fuckin-damn typos and the inability to edit posts!
*until. god-fuckin-damn typos and the inability to edit posts!
*until. god-fuckin-damn typos and the inability to edit posts!
*until. god-fuckin-damn typos and the inability to edit posts!
Aha. Your indepth knowledge of the arts of Moko and kirituhi becomes clearer JonP / Sly. Ka wani kē!
I get the macrons by changing my keyboard language (I’ve got a Māori layout plugin I use).
It was interesting to see while I was back home in Aotearoa how much more kirituhi seemed to be on display. Not sure if it’s becoming more prevelant or not, but it was nice to see.
Gave my lady a bit of a shock how tattooed up many of the gang fellas and ladies were too. I took her down the local! That was an experience and a half for her. Tattoo’s have always been important to the gangs in NZ, the quality seems to be getting better too (at least within the boys up home), as tattoo equipment and techniques are brought in. After getting over her initial shyness/concern my lass ended having a ball, the M-Mob boys were buying her drinks all night! Ha ha.
Aha. Your indepth knowledge of the arts of Moko and kirituhi becomes clearer JonP / Sly. Ka wani kē!
I get the macrons by changing my keyboard language (I’ve got a Māori layout plugin I use).
It was interesting to see while I was back home in Aotearoa how much more kirituhi seemed to be on display. Not sure if it’s becoming more prevelant or not, but it was nice to see.
Gave my lady a bit of a shock how tattooed up many of the gang fellas and ladies were too. I took her down the local! That was an experience and a half for her. Tattoo’s have always been important to the gangs in NZ, the quality seems to be getting better too (at least within the boys up home), as tattoo equipment and techniques are brought in. After getting over her initial shyness/concern my lass ended having a ball, the M-Mob boys were buying her drinks all night! Ha ha.
Aha. Your indepth knowledge of the arts of Moko and kirituhi becomes clearer JonP / Sly. Ka wani kē!
I get the macrons by changing my keyboard language (I’ve got a Māori layout plugin I use).
It was interesting to see while I was back home in Aotearoa how much more kirituhi seemed to be on display. Not sure if it’s becoming more prevelant or not, but it was nice to see.
Gave my lady a bit of a shock how tattooed up many of the gang fellas and ladies were too. I took her down the local! That was an experience and a half for her. Tattoo’s have always been important to the gangs in NZ, the quality seems to be getting better too (at least within the boys up home), as tattoo equipment and techniques are brought in. After getting over her initial shyness/concern my lass ended having a ball, the M-Mob boys were buying her drinks all night! Ha ha.
Aha. Your indepth knowledge of the arts of Moko and kirituhi becomes clearer JonP / Sly. Ka wani kē!
I get the macrons by changing my keyboard language (I’ve got a Māori layout plugin I use).
It was interesting to see while I was back home in Aotearoa how much more kirituhi seemed to be on display. Not sure if it’s becoming more prevelant or not, but it was nice to see.
Gave my lady a bit of a shock how tattooed up many of the gang fellas and ladies were too. I took her down the local! That was an experience and a half for her. Tattoo’s have always been important to the gangs in NZ, the quality seems to be getting better too (at least within the boys up home), as tattoo equipment and techniques are brought in. After getting over her initial shyness/concern my lass ended having a ball, the M-Mob boys were buying her drinks all night! Ha ha.
Jon P: I’m thoroughly confused. Ok so wait:
The last syllable, i, is not ee, but more like a short “ih” sound? And is “maao” like the chinese dude, except with a longer short a? I’m doing the short a, like chairman mao or the polynesian phonetic “mau”. It’s like that but with a longer a?
I’m actually really interested at this point, despite my best intentions. Damn you.
Also, I refuse to believe that the gangs in NZ are as bad as they are in the states. Though I will admit that they’re quite clearly more psychotic, but that actually makes them less dangerous. In some US cities the gangs are so organized that the police simply do not go into their neighborhoods, ever. They become entirely autonomous by way of the apathy of authority here, and coupled with the millions they rake in it’s not hard to understand why they prefer to do “business” with automatic weapons from a moving car.
When there’s business at stake, you don’t get your hands dirty.
I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery though. Between you and the UK, it seems to be becoming quite ironically cool to be american. Or at least what you think is american.
Jon P: I’m thoroughly confused. Ok so wait:
The last syllable, i, is not ee, but more like a short “ih” sound? And is “maao” like the chinese dude, except with a longer short a? I’m doing the short a, like chairman mao or the polynesian phonetic “mau”. It’s like that but with a longer a?
I’m actually really interested at this point, despite my best intentions. Damn you.
Also, I refuse to believe that the gangs in NZ are as bad as they are in the states. Though I will admit that they’re quite clearly more psychotic, but that actually makes them less dangerous. In some US cities the gangs are so organized that the police simply do not go into their neighborhoods, ever. They become entirely autonomous by way of the apathy of authority here, and coupled with the millions they rake in it’s not hard to understand why they prefer to do “business” with automatic weapons from a moving car.
When there’s business at stake, you don’t get your hands dirty.
I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery though. Between you and the UK, it seems to be becoming quite ironically cool to be american. Or at least what you think is american.
Jon P: I’m thoroughly confused. Ok so wait:
The last syllable, i, is not ee, but more like a short “ih” sound? And is “maao” like the chinese dude, except with a longer short a? I’m doing the short a, like chairman mao or the polynesian phonetic “mau”. It’s like that but with a longer a?
I’m actually really interested at this point, despite my best intentions. Damn you.
Also, I refuse to believe that the gangs in NZ are as bad as they are in the states. Though I will admit that they’re quite clearly more psychotic, but that actually makes them less dangerous. In some US cities the gangs are so organized that the police simply do not go into their neighborhoods, ever. They become entirely autonomous by way of the apathy of authority here, and coupled with the millions they rake in it’s not hard to understand why they prefer to do “business” with automatic weapons from a moving car.
When there’s business at stake, you don’t get your hands dirty.
I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery though. Between you and the UK, it seems to be becoming quite ironically cool to be american. Or at least what you think is american.
Jon P: I’m thoroughly confused. Ok so wait:
The last syllable, i, is not ee, but more like a short “ih” sound? And is “maao” like the chinese dude, except with a longer short a? I’m doing the short a, like chairman mao or the polynesian phonetic “mau”. It’s like that but with a longer a?
I’m actually really interested at this point, despite my best intentions. Damn you.
Also, I refuse to believe that the gangs in NZ are as bad as they are in the states. Though I will admit that they’re quite clearly more psychotic, but that actually makes them less dangerous. In some US cities the gangs are so organized that the police simply do not go into their neighborhoods, ever. They become entirely autonomous by way of the apathy of authority here, and coupled with the millions they rake in it’s not hard to understand why they prefer to do “business” with automatic weapons from a moving car.
When there’s business at stake, you don’t get your hands dirty.
I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery though. Between you and the UK, it seems to be becoming quite ironically cool to be american. Or at least what you think is american.
I agree, it is the height of fashion to emulate “American” mannerisms, fashions, cultural trends here in New Zealand. But that’s something that seems to be common to all young people everywhere. Especially the way indigenous young people emulate the “gangsta” lifestyle. Maori kids are especially good at it. Cocking their flat-peaked caps and shit. Sickening. But whatever floats their boat I suppose.
The ‘a’ in Maori should be stressed like the ‘a’ in car, star, far, or similar words. The ‘ri’ or at least the ‘i’ in Maori should be said quickly like the ‘i’ in the name Fiona. That last example might be a lil shitty actually, cos some people might say Fiona with the ‘i’ stressed. I dunno.
The gangs here are just gross. I dislike them immensely. The emphasis on being ‘staunch’ and intimidating the public. But then, you don’t see a lot of outward gang activity at all any more unless there’s a gang ‘war’ happening. We have a council by-law banning gang regalia in the CBD here and quite a few cities do. Gangs generally abide by it as I assume they don’t need trouble from the police. The methamphetamine trade is huge here in NZ and the gangs are the ones to blame. But they’re pretty sneaky about it. Just like you said, organized and generally hidden.
I agree, it is the height of fashion to emulate “American” mannerisms, fashions, cultural trends here in New Zealand. But that’s something that seems to be common to all young people everywhere. Especially the way indigenous young people emulate the “gangsta” lifestyle. Maori kids are especially good at it. Cocking their flat-peaked caps and shit. Sickening. But whatever floats their boat I suppose.
The ‘a’ in Maori should be stressed like the ‘a’ in car, star, far, or similar words. The ‘ri’ or at least the ‘i’ in Maori should be said quickly like the ‘i’ in the name Fiona. That last example might be a lil shitty actually, cos some people might say Fiona with the ‘i’ stressed. I dunno.
The gangs here are just gross. I dislike them immensely. The emphasis on being ‘staunch’ and intimidating the public. But then, you don’t see a lot of outward gang activity at all any more unless there’s a gang ‘war’ happening. We have a council by-law banning gang regalia in the CBD here and quite a few cities do. Gangs generally abide by it as I assume they don’t need trouble from the police. The methamphetamine trade is huge here in NZ and the gangs are the ones to blame. But they’re pretty sneaky about it. Just like you said, organized and generally hidden.
I agree, it is the height of fashion to emulate “American” mannerisms, fashions, cultural trends here in New Zealand. But that’s something that seems to be common to all young people everywhere. Especially the way indigenous young people emulate the “gangsta” lifestyle. Maori kids are especially good at it. Cocking their flat-peaked caps and shit. Sickening. But whatever floats their boat I suppose.
The ‘a’ in Maori should be stressed like the ‘a’ in car, star, far, or similar words. The ‘ri’ or at least the ‘i’ in Maori should be said quickly like the ‘i’ in the name Fiona. That last example might be a lil shitty actually, cos some people might say Fiona with the ‘i’ stressed. I dunno.
The gangs here are just gross. I dislike them immensely. The emphasis on being ‘staunch’ and intimidating the public. But then, you don’t see a lot of outward gang activity at all any more unless there’s a gang ‘war’ happening. We have a council by-law banning gang regalia in the CBD here and quite a few cities do. Gangs generally abide by it as I assume they don’t need trouble from the police. The methamphetamine trade is huge here in NZ and the gangs are the ones to blame. But they’re pretty sneaky about it. Just like you said, organized and generally hidden.
I agree, it is the height of fashion to emulate “American” mannerisms, fashions, cultural trends here in New Zealand. But that’s something that seems to be common to all young people everywhere. Especially the way indigenous young people emulate the “gangsta” lifestyle. Maori kids are especially good at it. Cocking their flat-peaked caps and shit. Sickening. But whatever floats their boat I suppose.
The ‘a’ in Maori should be stressed like the ‘a’ in car, star, far, or similar words. The ‘ri’ or at least the ‘i’ in Maori should be said quickly like the ‘i’ in the name Fiona. That last example might be a lil shitty actually, cos some people might say Fiona with the ‘i’ stressed. I dunno.
The gangs here are just gross. I dislike them immensely. The emphasis on being ‘staunch’ and intimidating the public. But then, you don’t see a lot of outward gang activity at all any more unless there’s a gang ‘war’ happening. We have a council by-law banning gang regalia in the CBD here and quite a few cities do. Gangs generally abide by it as I assume they don’t need trouble from the police. The methamphetamine trade is huge here in NZ and the gangs are the ones to blame. But they’re pretty sneaky about it. Just like you said, organized and generally hidden.
I’m not going to join the debate in the previous comments, but goddamn that tattoo and the pride New Zealanders have in our country makes me so proud to be born and bred here. What a beautiful country we live in.
Plus, I think the culture of Maori and Pacific tattoos have made it a country that is much more tolerant of tattoos in general; having quite a bit of (highly visible) work myself, I’ve had nothing but positive comments about it. I’m sure in other parts of the world I would get odd looks and maybe the odd derogatory comment (Odd looks I get a few of, but it’s usually the people with me that notice it and not me), but not here.
And gang culture aside, I think New Zealand is a pretty awesome place. Make all the hobbit and flight of the conchords references you want; it’s pretty laid back and happy place to be.
I’m not going to join the debate in the previous comments, but goddamn that tattoo and the pride New Zealanders have in our country makes me so proud to be born and bred here. What a beautiful country we live in.
Plus, I think the culture of Maori and Pacific tattoos have made it a country that is much more tolerant of tattoos in general; having quite a bit of (highly visible) work myself, I’ve had nothing but positive comments about it. I’m sure in other parts of the world I would get odd looks and maybe the odd derogatory comment (Odd looks I get a few of, but it’s usually the people with me that notice it and not me), but not here.
And gang culture aside, I think New Zealand is a pretty awesome place. Make all the hobbit and flight of the conchords references you want; it’s pretty laid back and happy place to be.
I’m not going to join the debate in the previous comments, but goddamn that tattoo and the pride New Zealanders have in our country makes me so proud to be born and bred here. What a beautiful country we live in.
Plus, I think the culture of Maori and Pacific tattoos have made it a country that is much more tolerant of tattoos in general; having quite a bit of (highly visible) work myself, I’ve had nothing but positive comments about it. I’m sure in other parts of the world I would get odd looks and maybe the odd derogatory comment (Odd looks I get a few of, but it’s usually the people with me that notice it and not me), but not here.
And gang culture aside, I think New Zealand is a pretty awesome place. Make all the hobbit and flight of the conchords references you want; it’s pretty laid back and happy place to be.
I’m not going to join the debate in the previous comments, but goddamn that tattoo and the pride New Zealanders have in our country makes me so proud to be born and bred here. What a beautiful country we live in.
Plus, I think the culture of Maori and Pacific tattoos have made it a country that is much more tolerant of tattoos in general; having quite a bit of (highly visible) work myself, I’ve had nothing but positive comments about it. I’m sure in other parts of the world I would get odd looks and maybe the odd derogatory comment (Odd looks I get a few of, but it’s usually the people with me that notice it and not me), but not here.
And gang culture aside, I think New Zealand is a pretty awesome place. Make all the hobbit and flight of the conchords references you want; it’s pretty laid back and happy place to be.