25 Human Rights Commission compounding effects of colonisation, white supremacy and racism are evident in the inequities and inequality of outcomes Māori suffer across housing, education, health, justice, employment and everyday wellbeing. It is to this body of evidence that Maranga Mai! adds the testimony of experts including the Tangata Whenua Caucus, alongside the late Dr Moana Jackson. Detailing the history of racism and white supremacy in Aotearoa, through the testimony of the living repositories of that experience, is pivotal to building awareness of the past, understanding of the present, and configuring a racism-free future. Colonisation, racism and white supremacy Racism and white supremacy are integral to colonisation and colonisation is integral to racism and white supremacy. Colonisation appropriates indigenous lands, steals their natural resources, and undermines indigenous self-determination for the benefit of settler colonies. Colonial settler racism justified this by assuming indigenous peoples were racially and culturally inferior, therefore superior white settler colonies could take their lands and wealth, rhetorically for the benefit of all, but in reality, for the advantage of the settler. Colonisation, racism and white supremacy are intergenerational and ongoing and structure society for the benefit of white privilege. Racism and reconciliation Reconciliation is the second principle in combating racism. The evidence compels Aotearoa to progress from the ethics of Indigenous justice truth-telling toward a process of reconciliation. As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada described in its report on residential schools: ‘Reconciliation’ is about establishing and maintaining a mutually respectful relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples… In order for that to happen, there has to be awareness of the past, acknowledgement of the harm that has been inflicted, atonement for the causes, and action to change behaviour (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015, p. 113). Racism and justice The third principle of anti-racism is justice. Justice and change demand actions to halt and reverse racism against Māori. Despite the long identified impacts of racism in reports such as Puao-Te-Ata-Tu (Department of Social Welfare, 1988) and He Whaipaanga Hou (Jackson, 1988), Māori continue to experience racism. Successive governments have made some efforts to address racism. These have not turned the tide. The evidence of continued personal and structural disadvantage and racism toward tangata whenua is overwhelming with the vast majority, 93 percent, reporting that racism affected them “on a daily basis” and 96 percent saying racism was a problem for their wider whānau (Smith, Tinirau, Rattray-Te Mana, Tawaroa, Moewaka Barnes, Cormack & Fitzgerald, Whakatika Report, 2021, p. 9). Racism is alive and well. It is intentional, it is calculated; it is precise at ensuring the power and control of colonial structures remain in place. Survey respondent, 41, wāhine (Whakatika Report, 2021). Truth, reconciliation and justice for tangata whenua are the fulcrums by which we can heal the wounds of our colonial past, address present racism, reverse white supremacy and build an equal, fair, and just Aotearoa that embraces all peoples and cultures.