It is with incredulity that I read that Maori are now going to claim, not only water which runs freely through this land, but also the wind! How greedy can you get?
Compared to other countries such as America where the blacks suffered terribly trying to gain equality, and South Africa under the harsh rule of the British and Afrikaaner, Maori had equality with white settlers from the very beginning, as Governor Hobson said: 'He iwi tahi tatou - we are now one people”! This resulted in Maori being dragged out of the wilderness into the present century with all the knowledge brought by new settlers. Maori were a dying race ,yet, despite having equal access today to education, (including special concessions to get into University) along with welfare, housing and general extra assistance in all walks of life, the Maori Party sit and scheme as to how they can extract the last drop of blood from hard-working tax-paying members of our society. The weak Chris Finlayson has just handed over another $170 million to Tuhoe plus other concessions.
After 140 years of settlement, why have the worms now come out of the woodwork claiming they own water which falls freely from above, and wind which blows freely through every country in the world.

Mary Brooks.