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Three Kinds of Kiwis — Celebrating New Zealanders of All Colours

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A few weeks ago I posted a design featuring New Zealand's kiwi bird, but there are other uses of the word "kiwi": the bird, the fruit, and the New Zealander.

Here's a collection featuring all three uses of the word in New Zealand, with a "colors of Benetton" approach: Pākehā and Māori, Asian and Pasifika. Of course, New Zealand's diverse population is made up of many colours in between, and many ethnicities besides, so it would be impossible to cover the full rainbow that is New Zealand's modern society. But here are eight versions, each one still unmistakably part of the same pun on the word "kiwi". Hopefully there's something here for most proud New Zealanders


Pākehā

The Three Kiwis design, Pakeha female edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a European New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Female Pākehā Edition
The Three Kiwis design, Pakeha male edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a European New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Male Pākehā Edition

Māori

The Three Kiwis design, Maori wahine edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a Maori woman with moko kauae
The Three Kiwis — Māori Wahine
The Three Kiwis design, Maori male edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a Maori man with ta moko
The Three Kiwis — Māori Tane

Asian

The Three Kiwis design, Asian male edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and an Asian New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Asian Male
The Three Kiwis design, Asian female edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and an Asian New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Asian Female

Pasifika

The Three Kiwis design, Pasifika male edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a Pasifika New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Pasifika Male
The Three Kiwis design, Pasifika female edition, featuring a kiwi bird, a kiwifruit, and a Pasifika New Zealander traveler
The Three Kiwis — Pasifika Female

All eight live in my Kiwiana collection on Redbubble. You can find all my work at my Redbubble shop, KornKob Art — or search Redbubble for kornkobart (one word).

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