John Robertson writes > Dear ACT Party,
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to defending individual rights, democracy, and a secular state.
I am writing to express concern about the increasing incorporation of Māori spiritual and cultural concepts—such as tikanga, wairua, mauri, and mana whenua—into New Zealand’s legal system. While cultural respect is important, embedding subjective spiritual beliefs into law is fundamentally incompatible with a secular, equal system that applies the same rules to all citizens, regardless of ancestry or belief.
