Matauranga Maori just keeps on giving, providing a regular supply of grist for the mill of scientists such as Jerry A. Coyne, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago and publisher of Why Evolution is True.
It is also a belief system which keeps on receiving from New Zealand taxpayers via state funding systems for research provided by a benevolent government – millions of dollars are being provided for programmes that would not be regarded as scientific overseas.
Thanks to the widespread disinclination to challenge the Government’s fusion of matauranga Maori with science, except for a few brave dissidents who stick their necks above the parapet, Coyne has given up on us. He recently wrote:
