Buyer Beware! Bogus pendants at the Hukilau...and in NZ! Major Update Pg. 5!!! - General Tiki

T Toataiaha Member Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu Joined: May 26, 2008 Posts: 248	T Toataiaha Posted posted on Thu, Jul 3, 2008 1:25 AM Paipo , I have tried to sigh up on Yelp too , more that once , as has Tama , and like you , to no avail . Kiwi artists being ripped off , and Kiwi registrations being blocked ....funny that eh . What is it with these overseas commercial interests . Stealing Haka , Moko , Kupu , Names , and Artworks from this country. Have they no shame , no national and ethnic culture of their own to hold dear , that they cannot comprehend the heinousness of intellectual and cultural property theft ? So called civilised countries with barbaric morals The colonial mould has yet to be destroyed In the heart of my soul . I would that I had been born in Celtic lands But I was born here . a Celt in Maori lands . And my heart is content [ Edited by: Toataiaha 2008-07-03 01:26 ]

Paipo ,
I have tried to sigh up on Yelp too , more that once , as has Tama , and like you , to no avail .
Kiwi artists being ripped off , and Kiwi registrations being blocked ....funny that eh .

What is it with these overseas commercial interests .
Stealing Haka , Moko , Kupu , Names , and Artworks from this country.
Have they no shame , no national and ethnic culture of their own to hold dear ,
that they cannot comprehend the heinousness of intellectual and cultural property theft ?

So called civilised countries with barbaric morals

The colonial mould has yet to be destroyed

In the heart of my soul . I would that I had been born in Celtic lands
But I was born here . a Celt in Maori lands . And my heart is content

[ Edited by: Toataiaha 2008-07-03 01:26 ]

Post #391373 by Toataiaha on Thu, Jul 3, 2008 1:25 AM