Colinxy: Popping the “Māori Are Oppressed by Colonisation” Bubble

For decades, the political class and its media courtiers have repeated a single, soothing explanation for every negative statistic involving Māori: colonisation did it. No matter the indicator—prison rates, unemployment, income, health, education—the answer is always the same. History is the culprit, the Treaty is the solution, and the taxpayer is the ATM.

It’s a tidy story. It’s also wrong.