Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 13, 2020 3:25:54 GMT 12
CALL FOR MORE LEGAL PROTECTION OF MĀORI CULTURAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
A law change is urgently needed to prevent non-Māori artists using Māori faces and traditional facial tattoos, says an expert in Māori cultural property rights.
She said non-Māori artists simply needed to ask the Māori they were seeking to depict for permission, or the hapū or iwi whose designs they were wanting to use.
"It is really that simple, it's not complicated."
She said that while the law allowed Māori to contest trademarks if they deemed them offensive, there was no legislation to govern the use of Māori cultural expressions......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416405/call-for-more-legal-protection-of-maori-cultural-property-rights
A law change is urgently needed to prevent non-Māori artists using Māori faces and traditional facial tattoos, says an expert in Māori cultural property rights.
She said non-Māori artists simply needed to ask the Māori they were seeking to depict for permission, or the hapū or iwi whose designs they were wanting to use.
"It is really that simple, it's not complicated."
She said that while the law allowed Māori to contest trademarks if they deemed them offensive, there was no legislation to govern the use of Māori cultural expressions......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416405/call-for-more-legal-protection-of-maori-cultural-property-rights