Kaiako/Lecturer, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau/Auckland University of Technology
Imagine this. You’re an outspoken wahine Māori who decides, alongside various other anti-racist allies, to investigate a couple of right-wing, male, anti-Māori YouTube bloggers, one a British migrant, the other American.
You do your research and disseminate your findings, which leads to the pair being banned from various social media platforms and one losing his job with a local exporter for bringing it into disrepute. Anā tō kai!
The gruesome twosome then start harassing you and others online, turning up at your workplace in an attempt to intimidate you and threatening the safety of your children. E hika ē! Police seem strangely reticent to act, which causes widespread dismay to you and your fellow anti-racism campaigners.