Maranga Mai! Politicians and those who oppose indigenous rights and Te Tiriti reconciliation, and justice are adept at racialising tangata whenua as receiving unwarranted and illegitimate special rights and treatment at the cost of the general population. They ignore or legitimise the usurpation of power, taking of land and resources, violence and the harm perpetrated against tangata whenua, while invalidating any actions to address justice and honouring Te Tiriti and indigenous rights (Taonui, 2021). These tactics of white supremacy include distorting how marginalised groups are represented, especially in the media. Narratives of Māori as ‘violent, lazy, dole-bludgers’; Pacific peoples as ‘overstayers’ (see Anae, 2012); and Muslim communities as ‘terrorists’, come from an assumption of white superiority and the inferiority of Indigenous peoples and peoples of colour. When politicians or the media actively circulate these stereotypes, Indigenous Peoples and other marginalised groups can internalise prejudice against each other and thereby lose sight of the overarching white racism that subjugates them collectively. This is an environment of multiple injustices, replete with acts of physical and psychological violence, with the victims of common racism lashing out at each other (Reid, Rout, Tau & Smith, 2017, p. 66). 40

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