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French magazine toes the line with fake moko

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Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:11a.m.

Nga Puhi elder Kingi Tauroa with full moko (Reuters)

Nga Puhi elder Kingi Tauroa with full moko (Reuters)

A French magazine has angered Maori over its latest front page featuring a rugby player with a fake facial moko.

Maori academic Rawiri Taonui says the moko is drawn badly and means nothing.

“If people want to do these sorts of things and the magazine claimed it was a tribute to Maori culture, then what they need to do is contact someone who’s got expertise in this field and do it properly”.

Inside Tetu magazine French fullback, Alexis Palisson, is pictured with more tattoos stencilled on his back and waving a spear.

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17 Jul 2011 08:07p.m.

Andy wrote:

One for the pakeha, what normal person would scribble on his face anyway?
I can see another treaty claim going in.................

17 Jul 2011 06:13p.m.

Erm... wrote:

While Maori remain so far up themselves noone will ever take them seriously.
[BTW, does every Maori boy wanna pay royalties to the US for 'stealing' their culture. They all speak with the accent and wear the baseball caps...]

17 Jul 2011 05:31p.m.

key wrote:

If I were maori, I would be adopting the saying that imitation is flattery, yeah tell them to get it right but enjoy your time of fame, it will not last forever.

17 Jul 2011 05:23p.m.

Christine wrote:

It would have been good if a picture of the magazine cover in question could have been included in the story so we could see what the fuss is about. Having hunted it out and had a look, it does look moderately stupid! Who is custodian of a culture if not the people of that culture? Of course Maori have a right to jump up and down over this! I get pissed off whenever I see someone throwing one arm in the air, hopping up and down, and calling it a highland fling. Don't do something half-assed and insulting and then try to pass it off as a "tribute"!

17 Jul 2011 01:52p.m.

Craig wrote:

France has never been known for its care and caution in terms of indigenous sensitivities. Remember Mururoa Atoll in the seventies and eighties...?

17 Jul 2011 12:39p.m.

nick a wrote:

my ancestors invented "humming" so under the treaty I deserve to be paid anytime anyone hums.

17 Jul 2011 12:14p.m.

cyril wrote:

Get over yourselves