Karlo Mila: Why Disney’s Maui is so wrong

  I’ll admit that I’ve been a Māui fan-girl for a long time. What’s not to love about the archetypal trickster of Polynesia? Despite colonisation and missionary moralising, the stories about Māui live on. In classrooms across the country, Māui still slows the sun, steals the secrets of fire, and continues to try to cheat death between the legs of … Continue reading Karlo Mila: Why Disney’s Maui is so wrong