tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post3095814207398337412..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: Breakfast blows it on toi mokoMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-57509036876905772622012-02-01T01:54:05.890+13:002012-02-01T01:54:05.890+13:00hahaha superstition - cuz thats our practice cos w...hahaha superstition - cuz thats our practice cos we still here! Talking about us like we fucken fairies or something...egg.Potaua (2kPt)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03968289192291095632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-45710246615379598762012-01-27T18:17:57.269+13:002012-01-27T18:17:57.269+13:00Thanks Morgan. I agree with Anon that showing cor...Thanks Morgan. I agree with Anon that showing corpses on TV would generally be regarded as socially unacceptable, but I think there's a sliding scale at work here. I doubt many people would object to TV images of ancient mummies; I've seen plenty close up and while it's certainly a bit of a ghoulish experience, it's also fascinating. But on the other hand I was somewhat offended when (years ago) Holmes illustrated a footling story about the JFK assassination by playing the actual moment of death from the Zapruder footage. I thought screening that footage at 7pm or any other time was insensitive and uncalled-for. <br /><br />I would tend to place the toi moko in the same category as Egyptian mummies. Their deaths occurred generations ago, and (correct me if I'm wrong) no-one alive today could make reliable claims to know who these poor individuals were, and to claim direct kinship with them. That doesn't stop us respecting their memory and acknowledging the hurt their ignominious fate caused. But equally that doesn't mean that people's natural curiosity about the heads should be trumped by superstition.Slightly Intrepidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863685188013458226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-90226026826914343772012-01-27T17:02:56.781+13:002012-01-27T17:02:56.781+13:00Personally, I don't want to see dead people, o...Personally, I don't want to see dead people, or their remains, on tv when my kids could see it. That includes programmes before 8 pmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-85846727168815129242012-01-27T15:12:05.574+13:002012-01-27T15:12:05.574+13:00Hi Ethan
I think it depends. Most Maori wouldn...Hi Ethan<br /><br />I think it depends. Most Maori wouldn't find it offensive in the slightest (I think more than a few would actually like to know what a toi moko head looks like). However, with the tapu (sacred and restricted) nature of the heads it could be deemed culturally inappropriate. Some Maori restrict filming of tupapaku (a dead body). A piece on Native Affairs last year was the first case, to my knowledge anyway, that a Maori tupapaku was filmed and screened. The family decided to dispense with the customs around filming. It didn't cause any offence, in fact the piece generated praise, so I would imagine that filming the toi moko wouldn't meet much of an angry response, although room exists for it to be deemed culturally insensitive/inappropriate.Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-35411608645013798122012-01-27T14:36:23.629+13:002012-01-27T14:36:23.629+13:00TV3 did a piece from Paris a day or two ago, about...TV3 did a piece from Paris a day or two ago, about the hand-over ceremony. The Europe correspondent said that out of respect for the sacred objects they wouldn't screen footage of the heads. I'm not particularly fussed about seeing them or not seeing them, but I'm wary of superstition influencing media reporting. What's your view? Would showing footage of the heads be culturally insensitive?Slightly Intrepidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863685188013458226noreply@blogger.com