No swimming, no fishing, no voice

Welcome to the tikanga takeover

New Zealanders need to wake up. A spiritual decree has just shut down hundreds of kilometres of public coastline, and almost no one dares question it. Why? Because it’s wrapped in the untouchable cloak of tikanga Māori.

After a person tragically died while clearing floodwaters near Nelson, iwi leaders from Te Tauihu responded not with practical safety me…