If the Government wants to make compulsory acquisition of land in Christchurch then the dastardly deed has to be signed off by the Governor General.
Now since the Governor General is a Maori could he with any morality sign a compulsory acquisition of land document when Maori are fighting tooth and nail to get land back taken in a similar way?
Generally the people of Christchurch have been treated with contempt.
At such a time of a calamitous disaster a Govt needs to show some humanity and simply offer the owners of the land what it is really worth and settle honourably rather than behave like a pack of scavenging jackals.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem.