Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 2, 2019 4:16:09 GMT 12
POPULAR WAIKATO SCULPTURE BREACHES CULTURAL ETIQUETTE
A major design oversight has seen the positioning of Tokoroa's famous chainsaw man deemed culturally insensitive.
South Waikato District Council Councillor Arama Ngapo-Lipscombe raised the concern during the council's November meeting.
"The chainsaw man has his chainsaw pointed directly at the head of a pole next to him," she said.
"From a cultural perspective that is not very appropriate."
Councillor Peter Schulte agreed and said the issue needed to be fixed.
"If it is culturally not acceptable for the chainsaw man's chainsaw [to be pointing] into one of the other poles, I think we have a duty to our community to alleviate that," he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/117434024/popular-waikato-sculpture-breaches-cultural-etiquette
A major design oversight has seen the positioning of Tokoroa's famous chainsaw man deemed culturally insensitive.
South Waikato District Council Councillor Arama Ngapo-Lipscombe raised the concern during the council's November meeting.
"The chainsaw man has his chainsaw pointed directly at the head of a pole next to him," she said.
"From a cultural perspective that is not very appropriate."
Councillor Peter Schulte agreed and said the issue needed to be fixed.
"If it is culturally not acceptable for the chainsaw man's chainsaw [to be pointing] into one of the other poles, I think we have a duty to our community to alleviate that," he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/117434024/popular-waikato-sculpture-breaches-cultural-etiquette