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The Industry of Perpetual Grievance: How Modern Maori Politics Became a Parasite on the Nation

The Industry of Perpetual Grievance: How Modern Maori Politics Became a Parasite on the Nation

A dismantling of cultural excuse-making, tribal corporatism, and the political infantilisation of Maori in modern New Zealand

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"Grow up and cease to be children. Do not become mere appendages to the Pākehā."

– Sir Apirana Ngata

I. Introduction: A Familiar Pattern

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