Who is Matua Kahurangi? It’s not really a big deal, bro

Today The Spinoff dropped an article with a headline that could only be described as clickbait catnip: “Who is Matua Kahurangi and Does it Matter if He’s Fake?” Written by Liam Rātana, the journalist behind Ātea, it opened with a mic-drop line about “a search for the person behind a social media account ridiculing Māori.”

Ridiculing? Really? If that’s th…