Then we hear from Golriz Ghahraman "This doesn't comply with our Treaty of Waitangi obligations." What on earth? Was there a promise from the Crown to iwi that we would all be mercantilist xenophobes from 1840 onwards? No, there wasn't. Māori at that time were some of the most enthusiastic traders that there were, and still are. The idea that to honour the Treaty is not to want to interact with the rest of the world is not only wrong; it's frankly paternalistic and a little bit insulting. I say this as tangata whenua myself. Don't you know? I'm Ngāpuhi.