On 20 - 22 November 2015, I attended Indigenous Ink in Auckland, a gathering of indigenous tattooers from around the world - it was by far the best 'convention' I have been to and was one of my favourite hui that I have ever attended! It was great meeting other indigenous artists from all around the world, and I loved that the focus of this gathering was on 'cultural practitioners'.

Tattooers came to this special and unique gathering from Norway, Alaska, Los Angeles, Samoa, UK, Hawai'i, Tahiti, Japan, Taiwan and more. There was a strong Aotearoa contingent of moko artists too which was awesome.

Here is an article about Indigenous Ink 2015 written by Sean Mallon of Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand.

This episode of Te Kaea also has a short feature on Indigenous Ink 2015 (at around 20.00 mins).