Dear Air NZ – grow up

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Martyn Bradbury
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Gollum can work for Air NZ because he has no tattoos.

Denying a woman from working for them because of her Maori tattoo says more about the dead generation of managers running Air NZ than it does of those who fly Air NZ.

Air NZ claim their class of travelers will baulk at the perception a Flight Attendant having a tattoo, even if the travelers cant’ see it. Apparently the merest hint of even the possibility of a tattoo will have Air NZ passengers leaping to their death from 30 000 feet, so terrified will they be.

Yawn.

The Human Rights Commission specifically spells out that a person can not be excluded from work if they have a cultural tattoo.

For the next generation of New Zealanders, being a New Zealander means having a tattoo. To deny cultural tattoos on top of that is the racist icing on an ageist cake.

If Air NZ passengers can tolerate the very annoying inflight safety adverts, they can put up with a tattoo.

Grow up Air NZ, I’m offended by your pettiness.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Which culture does a ring around the forearm represent? Bogans, perhaps? Munters? Fashionistas of the late80s/early 90s? I didn’t realise their cultural artifacts had HRC protection.

    • Milt – the list of things you don’t realize could fill an entire blog, hey look at that – it does. Your hateful No minister blog fulfills that prediction perfectly.

  3. You Are purposely Choosing to make it about Maori and crying discrimination, Tattoos Regardless of what race you are has meaning in many different cultures, Germanic, Celtic, Bornean, Godna, Ta Moko etc etc and so on and so forth,

    What it is you are promoting here is one rule for Maori, and a separate rule for all other cultures. plain and simple.

    I’m sure many othesr have been turned down for jobs because of their Tattoos. This is a choice to have a tattoo.

    and like any good parents told you be careful where you get it, it may affect your ability to get a job.

    Who would of thought mum and dad knew what they were talking about?

  4. Even Capt Cook knew that Tā Moko was not a tattoo.

    Tā moko is the permanent body and face marking by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditionally it is distinct from tattoo and tatau in that the skin was carved by uhi (chisels) rather than punctured. This left the skin with grooves, rather than a smooth surface.

    Captain James Cook. 1769

    • The key signs between traditional and modern, if it has colour and shading it is not a traditional Ta Moko It is a Tattoo. Spin it Whatever way you want but that is the facts. The End.

  5. What next – bar passengers who have a tattoo somewhere on their body! That’s me stuffed then! Bugger you ANZ – I’ll take my business elsewhere.

  6. This tattooed pakeha will not be flying Air NZ while this stupid policy holds. White men in suits and ties offend me. They have done far more to try and harm me and my class than any number of people with ink. I still think they should be able to work in any job they’re otherwise qualified for. Come into the 21st Century, Air New Zealand, and get rid of your disgusting anti-worker Hobbit promos.

  7. I know this is a late comment, but have others noticed on these TV cop shows how many NZ police are heavily tattooed? Its obviously not a bar to getting a job on the force or is it a new requirement…..? I must say tho how pleased I am to know my ethnic slash tribal tattoo has joined the realms of ta moko. For a pakeha its quite a buzz. Should anyone want to dispute this, I’ll see them at the HRC.

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