On May 18 I heard Mr Pita Sharples saying he will prepare a list of all that his Party has accomplished for Maori since working with the National Government. I would suggest he begins this exercise very soon as I expect this could take some time to complete! Also, remember to include the generous 1.8 million dollar government grant (from myself and all you other taxpayers) towards the construction of a plastic waka for Maori.
This prompts me to say that perhaps Government should make a similar offer to the many Chinese people in this country so that they can construct a plastic Junk! Also a plastic replica of the Endeavour, which is an important part of our European heritage, would seem appropriate. My apologies to the many other ethnic groups now living in this country but New Zealand is running out of money, we are told, so we have to draw the line somewhere, I suppose.
Barry H. Walker, Mt Maunganui.