#The Māori Green Lantern

"THE WAKA WITH A HIDDEN HELM — AND THE MAN RUNNING IT" - 10 June 2026

Behind the TikTok haka and the polished performance, Te Pāti Māori increasingly looks less like a people’s movement and more like John Tamihere’s tightly controlled political vehicle

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·17h ago·21 min read

"THE COMFORTABLE THIEF" - 28 May 2026

How Louise Upston Robs Whānau Blind with a Smile, a Mortgage-Free Apartment, and $52,000 of Your Money — While She Cuts the Floor from Under the Poor

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 27·22 min read

Louise Upston ‘comfortable’ with rules allowing her to collect $1000 a week to live in own apartmentUpston is the minister responsible for lifting the eligibility threshold for homeowners claiming an accommodation supplement.RNZJo Moir RNZ and reported across multiple outlets Paula Bennett: The Architect of Systemic Betrayal Scoop documented and named bluntly in 2012

"THE TOLL GATE ON STOLEN GROUND: How National and NZ First Sold the Fast-Track Queue to the Highest Bidder While Māori Paid in Land, Water, and Whakapapa" - 27 May 2026

They called it infrastructure. We call it what it is: a bribe machine disguised as law, operated by a white supremacist neoliberal government that sold the keys to Aotearoa to the donor class — and ch…

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 27·19 min read

$1m in political donations from entities linked to fast track applications revealedPeople and businesses asking for fast track approval of their projects have donated almost exclusively to National and NZ First.RNZFarah Hancock RNZ's Farah Hancock Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 RNZ

"THE LOTTO LIE: How Nicola Willis Calls Survival a Jackpot While She Burns Whānau Homes to the Ground" - 27 May 2026

They handed landlords a flamethrower, poured accelerant on the housing waitlist, watched whānau burn — and now Nicola Willis shows up with a clipboard and calls it "fairness."

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 26·15 min read

RNZ Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evictedThe finance minister says she “reached for the wrong metaphor” when asked about the social housing shake-up.RNZLillian Hanly, Russell Palmer Work and Income announcement Labour's Chris Hipkins confirmed

"The Arsonists of Biology - How Winston Peters Imported America’s Gender Panic to Burn Down Aotearoa" - 21 May 2026

This white supremacist neoliberal government cannot feed the people, house the people, or honour Te Tiriti, so it imports a foreign moral panic, pours it over trans, intersex and takatāpui whānau, and…

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 21·12 min read

The Māori Green Lantern About The Māori Green Lantern Bill seeking to legally define the terms ‘man’ and ‘woman’ passes first readingSupporters of the bill say it is a matter of clarity, but opposition parties have described it as divisive and a “time warp”.RNZLauren Crimp The Definitions of Woman and Man Bill

"WORKBOOKS FOR WHOSE CHILDREN? ERICA STANFORD'S $131M COLONIAL RESET" - 20 May 2026

When $131 million buys assimilation and Māori tamariki are still left behind, we must name the architects — and the ideological network that pays them.

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 20·16 min read

Ipu Kererū Watch: Erica Stanford announces $131m Budget spend on reading, writing and maths initiativesErica Stanford said the investments would “level the playing field, reducing costs for schools and backing evidence-led reforms”.RNZLauren Crimp E-Tangata ‘Our best resource’: Teachers a better investment than workbooks, school leaders sayEducation Minister Erica Stanford has revealed a $131m package to boost performance in primary and intermediate schools.RNZLauren Crimp

"THE EMPTY WAKA: HOW LABOUR'S FUTURE FUND SILENCE BETRAYS TE TIRITI AND MĀORI WHĀNAU" - 20 May 2026

A party that cannot name the assets it will restructure — and blames the Treaty for that silence — is not your partner. It is your coloniser in a different coat.

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 20·18 min read

Durie v Gardiner NZCA 278 RNZ NZ Herald Labour's own Future Fund policy document

"THE WOLF PUTS ON WOOL: Kelvin Davis, Labour's Complicity, and the Neoliberal Education Machine" - 20 May 2026

How a former Labour deputy became the respectable face of a curriculum designed to erase your children's identity — appointed to a dying advisory group with no scheduled meetings, no binding power, an…

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 19·15 min read

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"While They Poisoned the Pātaka, I Picked Up the Taiaha: How a White Supremacist Neoliberal Government Declared War on Māori Truth — and Lost" - 17 May 2026

They demolished the watchdog, bought the newsroom, starved the tamariki, and came for my platform — and I kept publishing. Over 1,000 essays later, the taiaha has not been laid down.

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 17·21 min read

The Māori Green Lantern 8 November 2025 PSA's analysis of the Atlas Network 18,000 interested parties called the Regulatory Standards Bill "constitutional warfare"

"THE CROWBAR IN THE CLASSROOM: How Goldsmith, Stanford and Luxon Are Burning Down Māori Education While Calling It Reform" - 16 May 2026

They strip Treaty protection from Māori tamariki, delay the backlash with a curriculum concession, then stand in front of cameras and call the wreckage progress.

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 16·9 min read

RNZ on the NCEA replacement RNZ on the Tribunal's halt recommendation Government confirms NCEA replacement detailsEducation Minister Erica Stanford confirmed the NCEA replacement would bring a new grading scale, compulsory subjects, and assessment requirements.RNZRNZ News RNZ's report on the announcement