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Kardashians are slammed for ‘cultural appropriation and disrespect’ for Māori haka

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The Kardashian family has been accused of cultural appropriation yet again. On Sunday, Kourtney Kardashian’s ex-husband Scott Disick shared footage to TikTok of his daughter Penelope performing a Māori war dance alongside Kim Kardashian’s children Saint and North and two other youngsters. Many New Zealanders characterised the depiction of the ceremonial haka dance as ‘wildly inappropriate’, ‘disrespectful’ and ‘insulting’. Scroll down … Read more

Author has books pulled by retail store after criticising New Zealand Maori minister’s face tattoo

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White New Zealand author has her books pulled after calling face tattoo on country’s first Maori foreign minister ‘ugly, uncivilized wokedom’ Olivia Pierson took to Twitter to comment on the appearance of Nanaia Mahuta She claimed that Prime Minister Jacinda Arden had ‘gone full wokelette’ Mighty Ape NZ has since confirmed that it had made … Read more

Author has books pulled by retail store after criticising New Zealand Maori minister’s face tattoo

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White New Zealand author has her books pulled after calling face tattoo on country’s first Maori foreign minister ‘ugly, uncivilized wokedom’ Olivia Pierson took to Twitter to comment on the appearance of Nanaia Mahuta She claimed that Prime Minister Jacinda Arden had ‘gone full wokelette’ Mighty Ape NZ has since confirmed that it had made … Read more

Jacinda Ardern unveils cabinet with gay deputy PM and a foreign minister with Maori face tattoo

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today unveiled what she called an ‘incredibly diverse’ cabinet, which includes New Zealand’s first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a Maori facial tattoo. The centre-left leader revamped her ministerial line-up in the wake of a landslide election victory, saying her second-term priorities were responding to Covid-19 … Read more

Dan Carter shares video of proud Maori father teaching his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance

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‘Teach them young!’ Proud Maori father teaches his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance in heart-warming video shared by New Zealand rugby star Dan Carter Rugby player Sean Wainui did the haka with his eight-month-old son Kawariki The 24-year-old performs the Maori war dance while his happy baby joins in New Zealand … Read more

Dan Carter shares video of proud Maori father teaching his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance

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‘Teach them young!’ Proud Maori father teaches his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance in heart-warming video shared by New Zealand rugby star Dan Carter Rugby player Sean Wainui did the haka with his eight-month-old son Kawariki The 24-year-old performs the Maori war dance while his happy baby joins in New Zealand … Read more