Waiariki PM Te Ururoa Flavell says Tauranga residents who received a flyer in their mailbox opposing Maori gaining interests in the foreshore and seabed should take what it says with a "grain of salt".
"It is attitudes and messages like those in this flyer which got this nation in trouble in the first place - trouble that resulted in a huge injustice where Maori lost the right to go to court to argue their case," says Te Ururoa.

Te Ururoa Flavell is unhappy about a flyer left in many Tauranga letterboxes.

He is not against people exercising their right to freedom of speech but does take issue when they "tell lies and cloud the truth".
"I encourage all my Tauranga constituents who are unclear about the foreshore and seabed issue to call my office, freephone 0508 924 274, for accurate information."
"The information in the flyer implies that non-Maori will be hurt if Maori get control and that the country's heritage will be sold down the drain, and that's not true at all.
"If anything, it has been because of claims by Maori that this country still has many of its state-owned assets, fisheries assets, other large tracts of land and even TV2."