**SS: I'm too busy this afternoon to fully comment so I'll leave you goys to it. A couple of thoughts however: It has always been a fantasy of a radical element to use the Treaty as a lever to replicate their indigenous tribal structure and create a society, similar to Malaysia where the Maori live as overlords eternally paid tribute by a diminished caste of perpetual outsiders.

It also demonstrates Maori enthusiasm for replacement levels of immigration; by overwhelming NZ demographics and reducing politics to competing claims by ethnic groups they fondly imagine the treaty (enshrined in law) will give them and their descendants an upper hand.

The comments at r/NewZealand are worth reading