Alys Ingrid Wickersteed shows a very selective reflection on 'Mans Inhumanity to Man”in her discourse on Maori Rights by mentioning the English in India, the Dutch in Africa and the Germans' persecution of the Jews without reflecting on the internecine, inter-tribal conflicts that resulted in the enslavement, slaughter and cannibalism of thousands that was the normal way of life before the arrival of Europeans and provided the reason for the tribal leaders of the north requesting the intervention of the English which led to the Treaty.
Her logic is also astray when she fails to see that the Maori are not seeking financial advantage over the long dead British, Dutch and Nazis but over their fellow, rate-paying countrymen.

Bryan Johnson, Omokoroa.