jasn sent in these new shots of Andy (featured previously), updating us on his beautiful “Ta-Moko” and forehead skin removal.
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Pacific Rootz Tattoo, Maui, Hawaii.
Facial Tattoos and Scarification.
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156 responses to “Facial Tattoos and Scarification.”
Hey True, since when were non-Maori the ones to decide what is and isn’t Maori?
Full blood? Half blood? You know you’re referring to ‘Blood quantums’, right? Which are outdated and were originally created to distinguish humans from ‘sub-humans’, right?
And shit, every fortnight when I go to get my sleeve worked on, I must be mistaken as to what’s happening. Couldn’t possibly be that I’m getting tattooed, right? RIGHT?
Hey True, since when were non-Maori the ones to decide what is and isn’t Maori?
Full blood? Half blood? You know you’re referring to ‘Blood quantums’, right? Which are outdated and were originally created to distinguish humans from ‘sub-humans’, right?
And shit, every fortnight when I go to get my sleeve worked on, I must be mistaken as to what’s happening. Couldn’t possibly be that I’m getting tattooed, right? RIGHT?
And one more thing, what is up with everyone calling themselves kiwis? The kiwi is a short, fat, flightless, endangered birn native to New Zealand. The term ‘kiwi’ doesn’t denote ethnicity OR culture. It’s some that Pakeha (the white descendants of european settlers) use when they’re too scared to say “I’m white” or “I’m a Pakeha”. Pakeha have this delusion that the term ‘Pakeha’ means ‘white pig’ when in actuality the root of the word is ‘Pakehakeha’, a mythical race of tall, fair-skinned beings.
I’m sorry that your colonialist mindset is still the same as your forebears who worked land stolen from Maori (or even worse, stole themselves if that’s the case), but I choose to honour not only my Pakeha ancestry, but my whakapapa Maori also. It’s why I’m so educated in my Maoritanga, tane kino!
And unlike Te Whiti O Rongomai of Parihaka, whose community was burned to the ground, his fellow men imprisoned, and his women and children raped, I’m not a pacifist. If you question my whakapapa again based on something as insignificant as skin colour, I’ll be requesting a meeting with you, kanohi ki te kanohi.
And one more thing, what is up with everyone calling themselves kiwis? The kiwi is a short, fat, flightless, endangered birn native to New Zealand. The term ‘kiwi’ doesn’t denote ethnicity OR culture. It’s some that Pakeha (the white descendants of european settlers) use when they’re too scared to say “I’m white” or “I’m a Pakeha”. Pakeha have this delusion that the term ‘Pakeha’ means ‘white pig’ when in actuality the root of the word is ‘Pakehakeha’, a mythical race of tall, fair-skinned beings.
I’m sorry that your colonialist mindset is still the same as your forebears who worked land stolen from Maori (or even worse, stole themselves if that’s the case), but I choose to honour not only my Pakeha ancestry, but my whakapapa Maori also. It’s why I’m so educated in my Maoritanga, tane kino!
And unlike Te Whiti O Rongomai of Parihaka, whose community was burned to the ground, his fellow men imprisoned, and his women and children raped, I’m not a pacifist. If you question my whakapapa again based on something as insignificant as skin colour, I’ll be requesting a meeting with you, kanohi ki te kanohi.
And one more thing, what is up with everyone calling themselves kiwis? The kiwi is a short, fat, flightless, endangered birn native to New Zealand. The term ‘kiwi’ doesn’t denote ethnicity OR culture. It’s some that Pakeha (the white descendants of european settlers) use when they’re too scared to say “I’m white” or “I’m a Pakeha”. Pakeha have this delusion that the term ‘Pakeha’ means ‘white pig’ when in actuality the root of the word is ‘Pakehakeha’, a mythical race of tall, fair-skinned beings.
I’m sorry that your colonialist mindset is still the same as your forebears who worked land stolen from Maori (or even worse, stole themselves if that’s the case), but I choose to honour not only my Pakeha ancestry, but my whakapapa Maori also. It’s why I’m so educated in my Maoritanga, tane kino!
And unlike Te Whiti O Rongomai of Parihaka, whose community was burned to the ground, his fellow men imprisoned, and his women and children raped, I’m not a pacifist. If you question my whakapapa again based on something as insignificant as skin colour, I’ll be requesting a meeting with you, kanohi ki te kanohi.
And one more thing, what is up with everyone calling themselves kiwis? The kiwi is a short, fat, flightless, endangered birn native to New Zealand. The term ‘kiwi’ doesn’t denote ethnicity OR culture. It’s some that Pakeha (the white descendants of european settlers) use when they’re too scared to say “I’m white” or “I’m a Pakeha”. Pakeha have this delusion that the term ‘Pakeha’ means ‘white pig’ when in actuality the root of the word is ‘Pakehakeha’, a mythical race of tall, fair-skinned beings.
I’m sorry that your colonialist mindset is still the same as your forebears who worked land stolen from Maori (or even worse, stole themselves if that’s the case), but I choose to honour not only my Pakeha ancestry, but my whakapapa Maori also. It’s why I’m so educated in my Maoritanga, tane kino!
And unlike Te Whiti O Rongomai of Parihaka, whose community was burned to the ground, his fellow men imprisoned, and his women and children raped, I’m not a pacifist. If you question my whakapapa again based on something as insignificant as skin colour, I’ll be requesting a meeting with you, kanohi ki te kanohi.