Moale James News Today

Moale James’ face was broadcast across Australia when she was refused entry to a Brisbane bar due to its tattoo policy, but there was a much more meaningful event that went before it; her journey to be connected to her ancestors by reva reva.

The woman's efforts to explain the cultural significance of her tā moko went unheard.

A Māori woman living in Australia has been left embarrassed and shocked after being denied entry to a bar because of her moko kauae.
Juanita McNamara, of N

The woman's efforts to explain the cultural significance of her tā moko went unheard.

Jadene Kini was refused entry to the popular Burleigh Pavilion on the Gold Coast because of her traditional Māori facial tattoo but she says staff at the venue are uneducated.

Indigenous people from New Zealand to Alaska are reclaiming their heritage by getting facial tattoos, but why now?

A Brisbane woman has taken aim at a nightclub for being racist after being denied entry due to her cultural face tattoos.   Moale James, 23, was turned away from popular club Hey Chica!

A woman has been turned away from Hey Chica! over her cultural facial tattoos. The Brisbane venue maintains it will uphold the Liquor Act.

Moale James, 23, who has Papua New Guinean heritage, was celebrating her partners birthday by heading out to Brisbane s nightclub precinct in Fortitude Valley on Sunday morning.

A woman with Australian-Papua New Guinean heritage is calling out what she believes to be discriminatory an...