A taxpayer-funded piss-take: why the Māori seats have to go

If I had it my way, the Māori seats would be gone tomorrow. No referendum. No hand-wringing. Gone.

Because what they’ve become, in practice, is a protected lane for political cosplay, where performance gets rewarded and accountability gets treated like an insult. Te Pāti Māori have leaned into that harder than anyone. You only have to watch their conduct…