Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 24, 2018 16:23:16 GMT 12
PUBLIC OUTRAGE AT WILDFOODS FESTIVAL'S ADVERTISING
Organisers of the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival have been slammed for an advertisement that features a woman wearing Māori designs and a native American head dress.
But it wasn't the festival's obscure delicacies that had made Māori cultural adviser Karaitiana Taiuru wild.
He was hot under the collar about an image it used of a woman wearing traditional indigenous clothing to promote the festival's 30th anniversary next March.
"It was a disgusting and inappropriate use of indigenous traditional wear. One can only assume that they thought that native Americans first nations and Māori are associated with wild food for some reason."
The organisers deleted the image today after hundreds of people called for its removal on social media.
But Westland District Mayor Bruce Smith didn't think there was anything wrong with it and said he told the organisers to put it back up.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Chair Francois Tumahai said the iwi supported the festival but did not support cultural misappropriation.
Indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata said there was an abundance of literature written by indigenous people demonstrating that these kinds of images were offensive and unacceptable......
www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018637521/public-outrage-at-wildfoods-festival-s-advertising
Organisers of the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival have been slammed for an advertisement that features a woman wearing Māori designs and a native American head dress.
But it wasn't the festival's obscure delicacies that had made Māori cultural adviser Karaitiana Taiuru wild.
He was hot under the collar about an image it used of a woman wearing traditional indigenous clothing to promote the festival's 30th anniversary next March.
"It was a disgusting and inappropriate use of indigenous traditional wear. One can only assume that they thought that native Americans first nations and Māori are associated with wild food for some reason."
The organisers deleted the image today after hundreds of people called for its removal on social media.
But Westland District Mayor Bruce Smith didn't think there was anything wrong with it and said he told the organisers to put it back up.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Chair Francois Tumahai said the iwi supported the festival but did not support cultural misappropriation.
Indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata said there was an abundance of literature written by indigenous people demonstrating that these kinds of images were offensive and unacceptable......
www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018637521/public-outrage-at-wildfoods-festival-s-advertising
