Lego Māori and the ethnic issue

In 2001, several Māori tribal groups from New Zealand threatened legal action against Lego for allegedly trademarking Māori words used in naming the Bionicle product range which centres around six characters - whose names are derived from Maori language - living on an island called Mata Nui. Some Māori terms used by Lego were changed, such as "Huki", which was changed to "Hewkii" and "Tohunga", which was changed to "Matoran".Since this controversy, Lego has not made any more names that are common terms in other living languages. link