When your co-governance racism is so great that even Shane Jones splutters
When Shane Jones is the one calling your anti-Māori meltdown “pathetic”, you’ve wandered well past dog-whistle politics and into full public embarrassment.

When Shane Jones is the one calling your anti-Māori meltdown “pathetic”, you’ve wandered well past dog-whistle politics and into full public embarrassment.

From the Treaty Principles Bill to co-governance rollbacks, critics argue the Government’s record is anti-Māori and anti-Treaty ahead of Election 2026.

As Aotearoa marks Waitangi 2026, this essay argues that Te Tiriti, co-governance and democratic values strengthen — not threaten — multiculturalism.