I think it little wonder that people that share the sentiments of Mr Prince over his insistence that a massacre did not occur or take place at Te Ranga or at Rangiaowhia do nothing but perpetuate a denial of the facts.

In fact I would say his words are akin to those of Radovan Karadzic the former Bosnian Serb leader who recently at a hearing at the Hague on war crimes in the Balkans insisted that no genocide had occurred at Srebrenica, however the world does know that this did indeed happen and by the hand of the Serbs, thanks to modern communications technology. So back to Mr Prince and others that support his insistence, please learn the true history of this country where you will learn that there were many massacres of Maori innocents in that time. Actually this raises an important point, why isn't our true history being taught in schools and to new immigrants? If this were the case there would be no misguided insistences as purported by Mr Prince.

It makes one wonder if certain sections of our society are intentionally not promoting our true history?! What have they to hide and for what reason do they deny the true facts?

For our country to move on from this collision of cultures in a positive way, we must accept the true history of our country warts and all.

We must give credit where it is due and condemnation where it is due.

So therefore my message is that this country will never progress harmoniously until we all accept the truth!

Rangi Ahipene, Greerton.