Catherine Comyn

Catherine Comyn, a PhD candidate at King's College London and author of The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa, explores the pivotal role of finance in the colonisation of Aotearoa. She reveals how British credit and speculative ventures drove land dispossession from Māori. Comyn discusses the New Zealand Company's dubious land transactions, the state's eventual financial bailouts, and the impact of policies like the Native Lands Acts and the Dog Tax on Māori resistance. Her work reframes the narrative of colonisation and highlights lessons for anti-colonial struggle today.