Tom - you may want to move this to the new thread as it probably suits been there.
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Originally Posted by Tom Wagner
If I could come up with a beautiful potato variety...what would I call it? Hmmm... Maori words for beautiful...I like Whakapaipai the best. I would have to run the name by a Maori tribal leader like King Tuheitia.
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King Tuheitia is not reconised by many of the other hapu (sub tribes) around NZ so i wouldn't be to worried about seeking any permission to name any new creations you come up with using Maori heirlooms.
Whats important here is potatoes are nottaketake te maori(indigenous) to this land though they did become an important food source to the various hapu's with its introduction by European settlers.
Been of European decent myself i dont like to see Maori given plant patent rights or anything similar over a introduced plant species which is the potato,instead Maori would consider the use of the words you have chosen as a honor
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