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"Mumbo Jumbo, Money, and Mana: How Plunket, Peters, and the Wright Family Built New Zealand's Anti-Māori Broadcasting Machine — and How the BSA Just Lit the Fuse Under It" - 3 April 2026

Tikanga Māori dismissed as "mumbo jumbo" on a publicly broadcast programme. The broadcaster fined $3,000 in 2021 for the same pattern — and kept going.

Now the BSA has jurisdiction over online broadcasters. The political class is screaming "fascism." Ask yourself why.

New essay up: the money behind The Platform, the politician who shields it, and what the ruling means for every online broadcaster in Aotearoa.

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“Mumbo Jumbo, Money, and Mana: How Plunket, Peters, and the Wright Family Built New Zealand’s Anti-Māori Broadcasting Machine — and How the BSA Just Lit the Fuse Under It” - 3 April 2026

Mōrena ano Aotearoa, Ko wai rātou? Who are these men? Three men. Three interlocking roles in a single machine built to erase Māori from New Zealand’s political and cultural life. Sean Plunket — the broadcaster. The voice. The man who sat in a studio on 22 July 2025 and called tikanga

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