2 x Articles 5/3/20 - Gin bottle, Road name

[Kiwi Frontline]

SOCIAL MEDIA BACKLASH FOR CULTURAL APPROPRIATION SEES NEW ZEALAND GIN BOTTLE LABEL DROPPED

A New Zealand gin company has pulled one of its bottle labels after finding itself in a social media cultural appropriation battle.

Indiginous Gin, which is created in Kāpiti Coast, caused a stir with a social media post that included an image of its Reikorangi triple distilled dry gin, which has a Māori tattoo-inspired label.

Social media backlash on Tuesday night saw individuals attack the gin and its creators, Chris Charteris and Simon Wilson, labelling it cultural appropriation......

www.stuff.co.nz/business/119998091/social-media-backlash-for-cultural-appropriation-sees-new-zealand-gin-bottle-label-dropped


RIC KAYNE’D OVER ROAD NAME CONSULTATION

Plans to name a new private subdivision at Te Arai after developer and golf course owner Ric Kayne’s three daughters have hit a stumbling block.

Rodney Local Board members voted to defer approval of the name Jemasa Lane – which comes from the first two letters of Mr Kayne’s daughters, Jenni, Maggie and Saree – after hearing no iwi consultation had been undertaken or, if it had, no evidence provided by Te Arai North Ltd......

www.localmatters.co.nz/news/37167-ric-kayned-over-road-name-consultation.html

[second-class-citizen]

Cultural appropriation......maori using letters from our alphabet, the farcicial "maori flag"....copied the concept from Europeans, the "maori king"...copied from the english concept of royalty, maori television, maori wearing clothes other than grass skirts, maori using computers, maori driving cars, maori going to school, maori books, maori using mobile phones, maori using our base 10 numerical system, maori living in a house other than under a ponga, maori going to a hospital, maori playing rugby, maori fishing other than using a bone for a hook, maori playing sport, maori using guitars and other musical instruments, maori surfing, maori eating anything other than eel, native birds and fish, maori using alcohol, maori with reading glasses, maori with sunglasses, maori using electricity, maori doing tattoos other than by using their stoneage method, and the list goes on. So suddenly a picture of a tattoo on a gin bottle gets them offended !!! Their hypocrisy is hilarious!