Maranga Mai! Māori customary law is not currently recognised under the current legal structure and is often seen as inferior. This “one law for all” approach, as coined by Brash, and often repeated by other politicians and New Zealanders, can fail to remedy inequalities facing non-dominant groups, such as Māori. As ACT’s Stephen Franks implied in 2004 as Justice spokesperson “the ‘one law’ should be the law of the state, not customary law, unless the customary law conforms to, and is accepted by, the state legal system.” This type of approach “can (and often does) systematically privilege the majority nation in certain fundamental ways.” vi In Aotearoa, the Department of Social Welfare (1988) report stated institutional racism works through: …the outcomes of mono-cultural institutions which simply ignore and freeze out the cultures of those who do not belong to the majority. National structures are evolved which are rooted in the values, systems and viewpoints of one culture only.vii Internalised racism Internalised racism occurs when there is acceptance by members of stigmatized races, such as Māori, of negative messages about their abilities and intrinsic worth (Jones, 2000, p. 1213). Internalised racism relies on the economic, political, religious and ideological violence of colonisation and racism to destroy the integrity of Indigenous land ownership, selfdetermination, spiritual beliefs, culture, language, leadership, and social and family structures. When colonisation, racism, and destruction peak, colonised peoples begin to internalise beliefs that they are inferior to whiteness and white society (Taonui, 2021). Internalised racism, therefore, is “a product of colonisation: self-hatred, and the instilled belief that anything Māori isn’t good” (Halkyard-Harawira, 2021). As an example, there continues to be a great proportion of individuals with Māori ancestry who prefer not to identify as Māori (Durie, 2005; Kukutai & Callister, 2009). Reasons for Māori choosing not to identify as Māori are likely to come from the high rates of discrimination toward Māori by the dominant Pākehā culture. 38 Racism reflects degrees of prejudice and power at interpersonal, institutional, and internalised levels. Interpersonal racism concerns omissions, remarks, and actions toward someone based on unfounded assumptions about their perceived race. Institutional racism refers to differential access to opportunities and resources in society, based on race, where the structures of society advantage one group at the expense of others. The structure of society in Aotearoa and its institutions work for the benefit of Pākehā. This leads to the inequities and inequalities we see across sectors such as housing, education, health, justice, employment, and wellbeing. Internalised racism is the acceptance by racially stigmatised peoples of negative ideas and messages about themselves.