New Zealand and the South Pacific

[MalcolmR]

I thought I'd write a bit about the South Pacific and the ladyboy scene down here just to contribute to the wider pool of knowledge that we collectively have.

I'm in New Zealand and we are a pretty liberal, multicultural society so we do see a fair few Asian and Latin American ladyboys - most of them work in the sex industry. But we also have a high number of ladyboys from the Pacific Islands and indigenous Maori population. And I'd like to write a few words about them.

Although they make up a much smaller portion of the population then the European New Zealanders, the local ladyboy population is dominated by Maori and Pacific Island girls. This is a bit of a paradox because both cultures have a very strong warrior tradition (more on that later). However, within both cultures transexuals are quite accepted. Often, in a Maori family they can tell straightaway if a new born male baby has a female gender identity (a "Whakawahine") and that boy is then raised as, and fully accepted into the wider Maori community as a girl.

In general, Pacific Islanders and Maori are big people with strong features. So their ladyboys are generally physically much different from those from the Asian region. But then again their women also are big and strong featured. This though is not masculine or unattractive.

When I first saw “the light” I cut my teeth on both Maori and Pacific Island girls. In general, I found the Samoan “Fa'afafine” to be the best of our local options. Both Germany and the USA once colonised Samoa and there are a lot of Samoans of mixed heritage and many of them are quite exotic.

While I also like the Maori girls you have to be a little bit wary of them because of a “rip-off” attitude that unfortunately prevails through a large portion of that population. For example one young Maori ladyboy that I meet a few years back saw me merely as a cash machine and played me pretty good for a number of months before I had enough. Now, I don't mind buying gifts or even giving money to girls. In fact for a guy like me in his early 50's who likes the younger ladyboys this is par for the course. But in this case I wasn't getting full sex because “apparently” she was still a virgin and despite promises that she was ready for me to take her, when the moment finally arrived she came up with some excuse and after a fairly mediocre blow job instead, a request for money. I’m a fairly good natured guy and like to see the best in everybody so I let this happen several times before I decided that even for me enough was enough. In hindsight I would have had better luck with her mother who I later found out really liked me.

That's not to say that all Maori girls are like that as I’ve had some wonderful times with other Maori girls. But a sizeable number of them are just out to play you and from reading some of the other forum posts about other cultures I guess that our local girls are not unique in that aspect.

Getting back to the Samoan girls though, I do think that they are one of the undiscovered secrets of the labyboy world and it is easy to pass them by because they are not generally slim and super-attractive like the Asian girls. They do tend to be a little bit chubby but this does soften their features and gives them a more feminine appearance. However, where they really stand out is that the Samoans are the most gentle, kind and generous people that you are ever likely to meet anywhere and this is reflected in their Fa’afafine. Some of the best sex I’ve ever had has been with a Samoan ladyboy who I had a regular thing with for a while before her visa expired and she had to return to the Islands.

There is just one caveat that I’d like to add if you ever decide that you would like to play with a South Pacific or a Maori ladyboy. That is that until very recently they were full on warrior culture – fighting, killing and at times eating each other. Even the women of both cultures are more prone to fighting and aggression in any other culture I’ve ever been exposed to. So the threshold for violence is low and it doesn't take much to trigger this among the males and females of these populations alike. I've seen many full-on fights between members of close family groups and between Maori soldiers that I served with that for an outsider like me seemed to be over things that the rest of us would brush aside. Their ladyboys are no exception although in my own personal dealings with them I've never encountered this. But I’ve heard stories of other guys getting the crap beaten out of them (remember as a rule both Pacific Islanders and Maori are big, strong people) for little things like disrespectful behaviour and other perceived minor insults.

But if you do make it to the Pacific Islands or to New Zealand check out the local ladyboys. Most of them will give you the ride of your life

[Hefe]

Thanks for the intro to this MalcolmR, I"ve seen some shows & read a few articles about, specifically, transgenders in Tahiti, & it's pretty interesting. IRC there are 2 basic types there: the full on looks/acts /lives as a woman & a more androgynous feminine male that traditionally lives a woman's role & both are accepted in traditional island society within the family & in relationships with males.

The polynesian tgs I've seen, not Samoan, have been very,very hot too. Tahiti is so remote that I don't know that I will ever go there, but who knows....

[MalcolmR]

Thanks for that Hefe. You are right in that there are the 2 basic types, e,g, the full on transexual, the feminine male and all shades in between. I don't know the Tahitian term but the Samoan term covers the entire range and all types are accepted into traditional island society. The Islanders tend to be very family orientated and the individuals put the family ahead of themselves. Your role in the family is decided for you and if the wider family feels that there needs to be more women in the family then a boy may be raised as a girl to fill that role. I do know a Cook Island/Tahitian transexual. She is a really nice person as well.

[KenW]

Thanks for opening the thread Malcolm. It's an area not many us know much about, if anything at all. It also expands LBR's coverage of the world of LBs.

I read one article about Pacific LBs many years ago, and that still stands as the sum of my knowledge, now mostly forgotten. Good to have some up to date info on that scene.