An overweight character in the new Disney film Moana perpetuates negative stereotypes and is unacceptable, a Labour MP says.
Manukau East MP Jenny Salesa has criticised the appearance of the demigod Maui in the upcoming movie.
She cited a Facebook post by former Samoa international and professional rugby player Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, in which he wrote that Maui "looked like after he fished up the Islands, he deep fried em and ate em".
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