Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 8, 2019 17:42:51 GMT 12
FONTERRA'S KAPITI CHEESE NAME TUTEREMOANA INSULTING TO DESCENDANTS OF GREAT CHIEF, ADVISOR SAYS
Fonterra has been accused of appropriating Māori culture by naming a cheese after a Kapiti chief.
Fonterra said the cheese was named after the landmark.
Regardless, putting the name of a place that was named after an ancestor on a food product was particularly insulting to that person and their descendants, he said.
"From a customary point of view it shows that you are going to eat that person," Taiuru said.
He said he knew of at least two families who were direct descendents of Tuteremoana who were insulted by Fonterra's use of their ancestor's name on its cheese.
"There should be some consultation and an apology."....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/109788886/fonterras-kapiti-cheese-name-tuteremoana-insulting-to-decedents-of-great-chief-advisor-says
Fonterra has been accused of appropriating Māori culture by naming a cheese after a Kapiti chief.
Fonterra said the cheese was named after the landmark.
Regardless, putting the name of a place that was named after an ancestor on a food product was particularly insulting to that person and their descendants, he said.
"From a customary point of view it shows that you are going to eat that person," Taiuru said.
He said he knew of at least two families who were direct descendents of Tuteremoana who were insulted by Fonterra's use of their ancestor's name on its cheese.
"There should be some consultation and an apology."....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/109788886/fonterras-kapiti-cheese-name-tuteremoana-insulting-to-decedents-of-great-chief-advisor-says