Those who praise Mr Bidois' article stating we are all New Zealanders are equal should remember that he has a habit of writing pieces that conflict profoundly with one another.
On alternate weeks he has also asserted that Maori are deserving of special privilege and rights and defended the ‘Treaty Settlement' scams of recent decades. It is not possible to reconcile these views. Either he has multiple personalities that espouse racist or non racist views depending on which hat he is wearing on the day, or he is indulging in the technique common over the last few decades of making soothing noises on one hand while the other works hard behind the scenes to engineer and create ever greater injustices.
His defence of Ngai Tahu ignores the fact that their settlement, like all of the last 30 years was achieved through quasi legal fraud. The resources involved have been stolen from the universal ownership of all citizens that includes other Maori. Whether these resources have been well or ill used is irrelevant. There can be no justice until they and all the others are returned to universal ownership and compensation paid to the remainder of us for the theft.

Mike Kuipers von Lande, Mt. Maunganui.