We will find out in season 4 when they set sail to New Zealand.

 

It was introduced to support ranger dad's philosphy that it would understandable that one would want to stay in a certain place and even die there rather than dying someplace else.

The strange thing is, ranger dad made it seem like being Mauri made it easier to understand why there would be a ZA, since he believed mother nature was course correcting.

Is there something in Mauri culture which says mother nature will do things to course correct including apocalyptic types of actions?

 

We knew he was Maori last year.

http://www.walkingdeadforums.com/forum/f542/manawa-maori-120962.html

Its worth noting that Maori is very different from Mauri.

 

mauri is when you want to find out who the babies daddy is.

 

For some silly reason I thought it was a bit of a nod to Max Brooks.

 

So was his character Maori before or after he got the role?

 

lmfao

 

Oh jeez, I'm from NZ and I have a soft spot for Cliff Curtis but this was a real cultural cringe moment.
I did think it was cool that they played Travis as Maori but yikes, this bit was painful.
Compared to NZ film roles where he gets to play Maori, this was BAAAAD...
Oh dear. poor Cliff too because he's such a legit dude, still lives in Rotorua, totally in touch with his culture.
Gah...

 

It was a change they made after Curtis got the role apparently.

 

his surname "Manawa" is about as Hispanic as "Baker"

 

I thought for sure Cliff would get a game of touch sevens going on the beach with the kids....

Maybe, in the future, he will perform a Haka before killing the infected.

 

All I know he played a bad ass Mexican in Training Day

 

His last name Manawa, sounds Maori to me. And I agree, I also thought it felt a bit forced or contrived to bring up the Maori thing. I'm thinking maybe they end up taking that yacht deep into the pacific heh.

His ex wife was definitely Hispanic though making his kid Hispanic/Maori

 

In all fairness, Curtis doesn't sound terribly Maori, either... :Grin:

 

Wait, what?? He did? Holy shit, I gotta check that out.


Ohh shiiit actually, i think I remember. Was he one of the dudes that had Ethan Hawke in the bath tub?

 

Was a beast in Virus that Tattoo. Makes me look into the future and could see him becoming a monster of a zombie killer if they choose to go that route with him...

Same goes for Alicia. Her character in The 100 was a cold-blooded killer when needed, and I could see that being the way they could go with her here as well.

 

Maybe the writers want to boost rating in New Zealand, and thus connecting Travis to being Maori?

 

Just sounded a little heavy-handed to me. Either that or the writers wanted to portray some goofy white guy as "Hey, I'm hip to that jive!"

Nick