Kia Ora,

Welcome to the world of "Fa'afafine" = like a woman

http://tvnz.co.nz/20-20-news/guys-see-themselves-girls-video-4502369

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa'afafine

Metta Zenda

Thanks for the links, extremely interesting as Samoa with all it's ultra tough tattooed rugby players never seemed like this

Found this from one of your links. Very beautifully written personal story: http://www.samoafaafafine.org/sfa/our_stories/Entries/2009/5/22_The_Beauty_in_Ugly.html

Kia Ora Mimpi,

I would say when it comes to trans people in Aotearoa 'Fa'afafine' would make up the bulk of the trans-population and Auckland has the largest Polynesian population outside Polynesia, especially south Auckland...

You might like to view this http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/takatapui-2004 which was produced by Maori TV, sadly it run out of funding and as stopped for a while...

In short Takatapui is the umbrella term[a Maori word] for LGBTQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takat%C4%81pui

Metta Zenda