Wāhine toa

Now, this might get me lynched, but has it ever struck anyone else that a lot of these wāhine hide behind the imagery and symbolism of the wāhine toa, but they actually behave like a bunch of selfish people looking out for themselves? Tory Whanau being an example, obviously. Darleen Tana as another. I think that there is a statement of privilege about the moko, and most of us Pākehā's aren't really clued-up enough to tell the difference between the various moko. - I'm not really trying to defend Chloe from the accusation that she's racist (yes, really, people really say that). This is more of a statement that I've had a fair number of those fat, middle-aged ladies treat me as window dressing, and that's all that they see me as. - Debs on the other hand is very real. She's definitely got an element of showmanship about how she conducts herself in the House and on the tiles, but outside of that she's quite relaxed. - Good thing this is on my blog, which nobody reads (or so they say ... I find it sorta hard to think that I'm 'famous' unless people read it).