Maori greed over water ownership has finally tipped most New Zealanders into realizing what a greedy selfish group those pushing for this really are. Iwi can apply for shares in these SOEs just like others of us but no they are not satisfied with this they are wanting water rights ownership as well. This is nothing more than greed. At last someone in the National Party has actually noticed this I am of course referring to Andrew Van Dadelzens recent Regional Watchdog article.
The fact is successive govts. have pandered to Maori greed in the course of trying to buy votes and now there seems to be no end to their excessive demands. If one looks closely at the last few years we see this Govt. allowed Pita Sharples to sneak of to the UN to ratify the Treaty of Waitangi followed by Chris Finlayson bypassing thousands of Submissions on the Seabed & Foreshore by fast forwarding the issue through Parliament without allowing the Submissions to be heard. In so doing he thereby effectively killed the democratic process which has now allowed Maori greed to get completely out of hand.
At least Helen Clark had the good sense not to bow to Maori pressure over some things.
I have just read where Maori Treaty Settlements to date have cost the country thirty seven billion dollars going to 15% of the population. Plus many more millions are spent on benefits & subsidies. Their excessive demands amount to nothing more than greed.

Margaret Hills, Tauranga.