" This is the sequence: tikanga #Māori called "mumbo jumbo" → #complaint filed → #BSA asserts #jurisdiction → #government #kills the BSA.

That is not a #policy timeline. That is a #protection #racket."

https://www.themaorigreenlantern.maori.nz/the-watchdog-they-shot-how-paul-goldsmith-handed-sean-plunket-a-licence-to-hate-7-may-2026/

"Founded and operated by Ivor Jones — tohunga mau rākau wairua, kaitiaki of Māori communities, and holder of a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Psychology) from the University of Waikato — The Māori Green Lantern is not a commentary platform. It is a systematic accountability operation. "

"The BSA, established under the Broadcasting Act 1989, was Aotearoa's only legislated broadcast standards body with the power to receive complaints, investigate breaches of accuracy, fairness, and balance, and penalise broadcasters, as documented in the BSA's own jurisdiction ruling. It emerged from the post-Rogernomics deregulation era — explicitly because unregulated broadcasting produced harm. That history is being deliberately erased."

"In 2024, BSA research found that 79% of Māori, 85% of Pacific Peoples, 76% of Asian New Zealanders, and 75% of Muslims feel exposure to offensive or discriminatory content is a problem in New Zealand broadcasting"

"Imagine you live in a neighbourhood where a pack of dogs — some feral, some pretending to be pets — have been digging under the fence, biting children, fouling the water.

"For decades, the neighbourhood employed a kurī — a watchdog, te mana whanonga kaipāho — trained to hear the difference between barking and biting, between debate and dehumanisation.

"Then, one afternoon, the landlord — Paul Goldsmith, Media and Communications Minister — walks out with a press release and a pat on the back for the feral dogs, and shoots the kurī.

"Not because the kurī was failing. Because the kurī bit back."