hobson's pledge is running a giant electronic billboard featuring a photo of a smiling Rawiri Waititi with the headline "WHY WON'T CHRIS HIPKINS RULE OUT TE PĀTI MĀORI?" and i can tell i'm not their intended audience because i keep thinking how Waititi looks like someone's awesome uncle. #NZpol
![screencap of news article about this ad campaign:
"...high-top black sneakers by her side and wearing a white skirt, with a star spotlight in center frame.
The problem, according to social media users, was that the lighting and cropping created an outline that evoked a white pointed hood, with the shoes dangling against it. [EMPHASIS ADDED HERE:]The other image showed models climbing a ladder to reach shoes that hung from a tree branch.[emphasis end]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nhrwl324z3dfyqy3uvi4336i/bafkreig65kb4ahn3r4iemnz5aihly36qoufzgmvvhlu5mla3yrbgcsoupq)
