John Robertson: Whakapapa and the Politics of Pretend - Why Myth Has No Place in Modern Law

There comes a point in every nation’s development where it must decide whether its laws are grounded in objective reality — or in ritual chants and inherited bedtime stories.

In New Zealand, that moment is long overdue.

Rob Paterson: Ethnicity Anomalies

Many people are making valid protests about Waitangi claimants with very slight Maori bloodlines (ethnicity) and are looking for a formula on how to address this anomaly. Well here’s the solution; it’s called the Ethnicity Equalisation Scheme (EES).