In reply to Mary Brooks: Serial Maori basher is at it again, its very sad when people have to resort to lies and false statements.
When people say 'it's a fact” there are no pure maori in NZ. My father and his five siblings are, they trace their whakapapa back before colonisation on both sides, their birth certificates state 'Maori of Pure Blood”, and further proved to myself when I registered with the local Iwi, we have to confirm our Whakapapa, all recorded. It's true Full blood Maori are very rare but not extinct.
Let's face it when a maori says 'Cher your fulas holdens tu meke”, you see him as a Maori and not part European. Payouts to Iwi are about 1B and not 35B, and this is usually less than 10% of what is claimed, compared to SCF and Hubbard investors who will be paid out about 1.5B, without us blinking.
The AA credit rating was fraudulently obtained and guaranteed by the old boys club, so therefore it should be void. Iwi settlements were obtained through legal process, every New Zealander's right.
Where is this gravy train maori are supposedly riding? I havent seen it but I'd like to book me a ticket, all aboard! Chooga chooga choo choo.

Michael Nelson (Nerehana), Arataki.