"The Sinking Waka: How a $1.8 Million Retail Crime Theatre Collapsed Under the Weight of Its Own Scones" - 11 February 2025
They built a stage. They catered the performance - Then the actors walked out—and left the bill for whānau to pay
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"THE TWIN ARSON: How Luxon's Government Burns Papatūānuku With One Hand and Our Tamariki's Futures With the Other" - 10 February 2026
A billion-dollar gas terminal for fossil fuel cronies - A whitewashed curriculum for obedient colonial subjects - Same government - Same donors - Same contempt
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“Winston Peters - The Arsonist in Chief: Damien Grant Covers For Winston Peters and the Bonfire of Māori Rights” - 9 February 2026
How a convicted fraudster crowned a career betrayer, and why Damien Grant’s love letter to Winston Peters is a masterclass in whitewashing white supremacy
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"He Kōrero Whakaiti: Listening for the Koru When Wairua Speaks" - 10 February 2026
Sometimes the Ring doesn’t shout - It taps - It repeats - It places the same message in front of you twice, then three times, until you stop explaining it away and start listening
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”The Motel Generation and the Man Who Calls It “Success”” - 8 January 2026
How Tama Potaka’s smiling neoliberalism turns missing whānau, motel kids, and Te Tiriti itself into collateral damage for a white‑supremacist coalition he chose to serve
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“Blood on the Sand: How Neoliberal Tourism Turned Mauao into a Killing Floor” - 8 January 2026
When land warned, the Crown sold campsites. When the maunga fell, our people died so the hospitality economy could keep its tills ringing
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“Haka in a Burning House: Te Pāti Māori’s Neoliberal Clown Car at Waitangi” - 8 January 2026
While a racist neoliberal government rips Te Tiriti to shreds, Te Pāti Māori’s leadership turns our most sacred political space into a family‑run circus
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”Dead Dolphins, Dumb Ideas: How Seabed Mining Tried to Turn Taranaki into a Corporate Strip Mine” - 7 February 2026
When you treat the moana like a slurry pit, don’t be surprised when the people rise like a king tide
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“The Wellington Septic Debacle: A Government Happy to Have You Swim in Its Own Shit” - 7 February 2026
When a regime treats Moana and Māori as its toilet, the only shock is that the pipes failed before the politicians did
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“When The Lamp Goes Out, Where Does The Light Go? - The Coastline That Remembers Us” - 6 February 2026
The First Essay After Waitangi Day 2026
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"Chris Hipkins’ Labour Keeps the Neoliberal Knife at Māori Throats: Red Cloak, Imported Death" - 6 February 2026
Chris Hipkins isn’t our shield from ACT and National—he’s their red‑branded accomplice, wrapping Māori harm in te reo, “values,” and manufactured excuses while the same colonial machine keeps killing
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"Jordan Williams and Elliot Ikilei Try to Chop Down Te Tiriti: The Atlas Puppets with Plastic Axes at Waitangi" - 6 Febrruary 2026
Foreign‑funded sock puppets, plastic patriotism, and a white‑supremacist government hell‑bent on burning tikanga to keep their donors warm