big landowners, magistrates, local policemen—are said to have done ‘a lot of good for the Maoris’. It is one of those phrases that is invariably followed by a denunciation of Maori ingratitude, sloth, stupidity . . .
Note the inclusion of values in MM, as well as the “everything that is interconnected” trope, a fuzzy concept at best. We also see spiritual in MM versus “physical stuff” in “science”. Tellingly, “intuition” as a method of knowing applies in...