These high level guidelines have been written by Karaitiana Taiuru who has been involved with Māori Cultural rights, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and assisting brands
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Classic racist reply to claims of cultural appropriation
I have been calling out and educating perpetrators of cultural appropriation for decades. Of the hundreds of responses and abuse mocking me, there is a
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Māori business self identification – end of racist profiling
Stuff reported a story that Māori businesses will soon have the opportunity to self identify as Maori. For the first time, a national register will
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Kingi appropriation or ill informed individuals
The NZ Herald and Stuff have run a number of stories about a restaurant using the name “Kingi” and a few Māori and non Māori
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Kiwiana, Religious abuse or appropriation?
This article discusses the inappropriate and satirical usage of Māori religious icons and racial stereotypes of Māori in the Tasti bar advert that TVNZ recently
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Tips to protect tapu and Māori knowledge online
Cultural appropriation of taonga Māori online is continually increasing despite the backlash on social media and in the media (mainstream and Māori). Just recently one
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Māori Cultural Appropriation
I was recently interviewed about Cultural Appropriation for an AUT Bachelor of Communication Studies paper about Intercultural Communication. The first part of the interview was
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Karakia or cultural appropriation
This article is about karakia in post-colonial New Zealand and introduced religious influences that have changed Māori cultural beliefs and practices. This is not an
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Is the UK Haka Pale Ale offensive?
Stuff wrote a story today about the UK brewer Butcombe producing a Pale Ale called “Haka” featuring a silver or white fern. I did accuse
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TradeMe guilty of cultural misappropriation
As a descendant of Tūwharetoa, I have no idea if my whakapapa is being offered for sale on TradeMe, just like any other descendant of
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