Again, after the recent elections we have no councillors elected from the Maori community.

Maori voters should have Maori wards so that they can be treated fairly as is promised by the Treaty of Waitangi. Both the National Party and the Labour Party support the Treaty of Waitangi.

It is time our local MPs worked together and pushed for a change to the law on Maori wards.

Simon Bridges is our local MP. This issue is in his backyard. We need a law change so that if Maori voters want Maori wards they can have them.

Maori electoral wards make absolutely no difference to Pakeha voters so it is ridiculous that Pakeha voters can block something that is more fair to Maori and has nothing to do with Pakeha at all.

The claim that Maori wards would be a special privilege for Maori is clearly nonsense. At present it is Pakeha who have the special privilege by weight of numbers of electing councils that are totally Pakeha.

P Dey, Welcome Bay.