Who is Matua Kahurangi and Does it Matter if He’s Fake?

This is an opinion piece from Liam Rātana @ The Spinoff

Last week, while scrolling Facebook, I came across a post shared to the New Zealand Centre for Political Research group. The post began, “From Matua Kahurangi on X”, before pasting his critique of iwi leadership – particularly Ngāpuhi – accusing the “Māori elite” of failing their people. It shared a…