The Spinoff published a piece this week by Eru Kapa-Kingi titled “Mana over Money: The Need for Ngāpuhi Tiriti Justice.” On the surface, it looks like a heartfelt plea for fairness and this is certainly how the mainstream media will be content to frame it, if they ever get around to reporting on the radicalisation of Parliament’s smallest party. But read closely and it becomes clear this is not just about grievance redress. It is a call to reshape New Zealand’s constitutional order, to carve out areas of separate governance, and to take steps toward a future where Māori and non-Māori live under completely separate systems.
