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Rotorua’s Rort: The Manufactured Martyrdom of Māori Misery

Rotorua’s Rort: The Manufactured Martyrdom of Māori Misery

How tribal welfare politics, media theatrics, and endless grievance campaigns are turning a housing problem into a permanent cultural industry

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Jun 14, 2025
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Rough sleepers and their debris outside Rotorua’s Salvation Army on Amohia Street - the visible cost of cowardly policy and cultural appeasement.

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