点评:My visit to Akaroa was eye-opening - and not in a good way. The town's marketing as a charming French colonial settlement masks a concerning reality. I witnessed shop assistants complaining about te reo Māori use, followed by an incident at Four Square where a self-proclaimed "British" customer tried pushing ahead in line, claiming her colonial entitlement. When another local jumped to her defence, he bizarrely argued that his family's 150-year presence in New Zealand somehow trumped indigenous connections. The shopping is equally disappointing - just a cluster of tourist traps with little authentic French character. Save yourself the trip. There are far better places in Ōtautahi that actually celebrate the country's rich cultural heritage rather than clinging to outdated colonial attitudes.
翻译:我对阿卡罗阿的访问让我大开眼界——但不是好事。该镇被宣传为迷人的法国殖民区,但掩盖了一个令人担忧的现实。我亲眼目睹店员抱怨毛利语的使用,随后在 Four Square 又发生了一起事件,一名自称“英国人”的顾客试图插队,声称自己是殖民者。当另一位当地人站出来为她辩护时,他奇怪地辩称,他的家族在新西兰生活了 150 年,不知何故胜过了土著关系。购物同样令人失望——只是一堆旅游陷阱,几乎没有真正的法国特色。省点旅行吧。Ōtautahi 有更好的地方,真正庆祝这个国家丰富的文化遗产,而不是坚持过时的殖民态度。