Historically, Te Ao Māori accepted those with diverse genders and sexualities as a normal part of society. So long as you had your children and did your job, and they acknowledged that those with diverse sex characteristics, who we call intersex now, were sent to teach us. I coined the term "mana tipua" to recognise this whakapapa. Colonisation, however, resulted in the suppression, the criminalisation, and the pathologising of those people, and resulted in takatāpui and rainbow people often not being accepted today. That is why takatāpui rights is a Treaty issue and a Māori priority for the Greens.