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A Treaty Under Pressure and What Its Loss Means for Everyone We Must Entrench The Treaty

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/a-treaty-u...

"The pressure placed on the Treaty today threatens the well-being of everyone who calls Aotearoa home. Entrenching it is an act of national care. It is a commitment to a fairer, stronger, and more united future."

The Rise of the White New Zealand League Tracing the long shadow of racial politics in Aotearoa

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

Once again, right‑wing politics and New Zealand First are using our communities as bargaining chips. Whether Māori, Asian, Indian, or Chinese, we are treated as expendable, a convenient pawn pulled out every election cycle, as if our rights, our dignity, and our futures can be traded away for votes.

"When states fear difference, they often respond with assimilation, dispossession, and violence. But history shows that identity rooted in justice and community cannot be erased."

The Myth of the Māori Elite The politics of turning Māori against Māori

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...

"When people accept a simplified story that divides Māori into “good Māori” and “bad Māori,” or believe leaders are taking resources for themselves, it becomes easier for harmful policies to be justified."

The Myth of Inferiority: The Lie About Māori Oral Culture How colonial myths distorted the value of Māori knowledge and language

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/colonial-m...

"Nations that kept written records were considered legitimate and orderly. Societies that transmitted knowledge orally were cast as primitive, chaotic or undeveloped. These judgments reflected European cultural values rather than any objective study of human language."

The Treaty: A Shield for the Indian Community The Power of The Treaty of Waitangi

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-treaty...

"Indian New Zealanders who had long been present but marginalised were now recognised within the constitutional story of Aotearoa. Equality was no longer an ideal but an expectation."

The Lie of Māori Privilege By Dr Harpreet Singh | drhsinghnz.substack.com | FB: @Dr.Harpreet.Singh.NZ - The legal history of Aotearoa New Zealand is not a neutral chronicle of governance; it is a record of calculated, legislati...

Article written September 2025 here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-lie-of...

"The idea of formal equality isn't just a flawed concept; it's a cruel joke. To demand that the law treat Māori and Pākehā the same today is to deliberately ignore centuries of legal violence that built Pākehā privilege on Māori dispossession."

The Anti-Māori Myths That Shaped Aotearoa How false histories were used to undermine Māori and Moriori rights

Article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-anti-m...

"These myths were not harmless misunderstandings. They were tools of power. By questioning Māori origins and portraying them as destructive or secondary, colonial and later right-wing voices sought to weaken Māori claims under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and diminish their role as guardians of the land."

How the Crown Engineered Māori Political Disunity Two centuries of deliberate strategy, and why its legacy still shapes Aotearoa today

Article written December 2025 here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/how-the-cr...

"Pan-Māori movements like the Kīngitanga, formed in 1858 to unify Māori and protect land, were treated as existential threats. The Crown invaded Waikato in 1863 to neutralise the King Movement and confiscate its supporters’ lands."

How the Right Wing Weaponises Māori Success How Cherry Picking Is Used to Roll Back Te Tiriti Obligations

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

"In other words, the success stories become cover. They make big changes feel harmless. They encourage people to see Treaty commitments as optional, outdated, or divisive, rather than part of the country’s foundation."

The following is on the wall at the entrance to the gurdwara (Sikh Temple) in Papatoetoe. With the extensive disinformation campaign from right wing religious groups, I thought it was important to note what followers see every day when they enter.

The False Comparison: Māori vs Immigrant Success Why this argument ignores history and fuels division.

Article written November 2025 here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/the-false-...

On social media and in political debates, a common argument often surfaces: “If Chinese or Indian immigrants succeed despite historical disadvantage, why aren’t Māori?”

Stolen Futures How colonial education confined Māori aspirations for generations.

Article written December 2025 here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/stolen-fut...

"Generations grew up believing that leadership, law, medicine, and academia were “not for them.” Futures were not just narrowed; they were deliberately fenced in. This was not a partnership; it was colonial dominance disguised as benevolence."

Sleeping Giants: Iwi Leadership must Defend Te Tiriti Iwi Economic Strength Must Translate to Politics Power

New article here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/sleeping-g...

"Te Tiriti will not survive on goodwill alone; it will endure when iwi act like the power they are and make rollback politically costly."

National, ACT, NZ First Have No Mandate Why the Coalition Cannot Justify Removing Treaty Principles.

Article written December 8 2025 here: drhsinghnz.substack.com/p/national-a...

"The numbers speak with clarity. Public opposition to anti-Treaty legislation dwarfs ACT’s electoral support. Institutional resistance is widespread. There is no mandate, only a political project pursued against the will of the people."

"For years, Dr Don Brash has claimed to defend equality in Aotearoa, yet his public messages consistently rely on distortion, fear, and misdirection. He frames himself as a guardian of fairness, but his statements push New Zealand further from the truth and closer to suspicion of Māori."

"In 1920, the Returned Soldiers’ Association publicly pushed the government to restrict immigration from non-European communities, specifically targeting Indians (described as “Hindus” in the language of the day) and Chinese, and to affirm the principle of a “white New Zealand.”