Tiki Central / General Tiki / Maori themed residential complex in TX
Post #315052 by Howland on Tue, Jun 26, 2007 11:21 AM
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My apologies if this has been posted before but several searches didn't give me any results pretaining to this. Apparently developers, one being a New Zealander but not a Maori, are creating a Maori themed apartment complex in Plano, TX. and the Maori are less than tickled about it. It was to be called 'Kiora Park", Kiora being a bastardized version of 'Kia ora". I see in the .pdf brochure that they have decided to use the name "Kia Ora Park", probably after catching some grief from the Maori party. I tend to lean toward the culturally sensitive side and don't care much for ruffling up the feathers, so to speak, of other people/cultures. I wonder if any other tiki, Hawaiian or otherwise Polynesian apts., motels, restraunts, etc. have ever been the subject of cultural criticism. IMO-the place looks very contemporary/victorian but it's hard to make out any detail on the online brochure and rendering, nor could I see any art or sculptural pieces they claim to have. I was kind of dissapointed when I didn't see any intricately carved meeting houses and such. (Am I guilty of supporting 'cultural theft' for rather having seen meeting house replica's instead??!!??) What's YOUR opinion? The article: New Zealand Maoris furious over plans for a themed apartment complex in Texas The developers website w/ pdf file brochure and .jpg rendering: |