I grew up in NZ and have a pounamu/greenstone toki I inherited from my parents.

I miss New Zealand dearly and want to wear it, but I feel that as a white person whose great grandparents came to new Zealand from Ireland, it would be cultural appropriation?

I'm unsure and haven't lived in New Zealand for over a decade, so I don't know the stance on crackers wearing Maori symbols.

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    5 months ago

    Sorry I can't answer your question, but I just wanted to say that that's some Dirt_Owl lore I was unaware of!

    For what it's worth, apart, of course, from tā moko, it always seemed to me like some aspects of Maori culture could be seen among the pakeha, and it never felt like blond cornrows. I suppose the only person who could answer that question would be someone of Maori descent. I reckon it would certainly be bad if you hadn't at least grown up in Aotearoa, though.

    I loved every single moment I spent out there in Dunedin, truly the least bad western country. Miss it every day.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      5 months ago

      I just wanted to say that that's some Dirt_Owl lore I was unaware of!

      Yeah I know, every day I doxx myself more and more.

      Some fed out there is going to be very disappointed when they find out I'm just a boring nerd

      • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        Some fed out there is going to be very disappointed when they find out I'm just a boring nerd

        I for one think that they'll be very confused when they expect an owl and instead find this:

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