Those Maori who are presently vilifying Sir Bob Jones and calling for his upoko have scant but selective knowledge of their own history. His statements only reiterate the opinion expressed in 1940 by their internationally famous kaumatua, Sir Apirana Ngata, who in 1940 said "But for the sovereignty handed to Her Majesty ........I doubt there would be a free Maori race in New Zealand today”.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.