Margaret Mutu: The Scottish professor cosplaying as Māori royalty

The latest Q+A appearance by University of Auckland’s Professor Margaret Mutu reposted by @NewZealandBoss over on X, was less an interview than a public self-own, a cringe-inducing spectacle of academic grift masquerading as indigenous authority. Jack Tame politely let her ramble, but no amount of soft questioning could salvage the waka-wreck of a perfo…