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2026-03-01 03:11 UTC
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@SusannahWrites@mastodon.nz I agree that some of the discourse around the Kāi Tahu settlement was woeful by today's standards. But it's important to put this in its historical context.
This was the first Tiriti o Waitangi settlment, so no one could be sure what it might or might not include. It was happening against a backdrop of rampant corporatisation and sell-offs of public commons by both the 4th Labour and 4th National govts. Contemporary concepts like co-governance hadn't been articulated yet.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-03-01 03:17
(2/2) I remember a lot of the left were suspicious that National's settlement process was a scheme to further assimilate independent Māori community organising into capitalism. And in the process, corporatise and sell off more public commons by stealth. Does this analysis stand up in hindsight, absolutely not. But I have no shame for having those concerns as a young green anarchist - not despite but *because of* my strong solidarity with tangata whenua - and I don't think there's any need to.