Bruce Moon of Nelson is correct in setting forth the true wording of the real Treaty of Waitangi which is being continually distorted by Maori making false Claims under their distorted version .
The latest mind-boggling money-grabbing Claim is made by a new group of activists calling themselves 'The Maori Internet Society” who have the nerve to ask their members if they would be happy with a $30 million cash settlement for not claiming any rights to the Electromagnetic Spectrum under the Treaty of Waitangi. Who is the insane person who came up with this one?
William Herschel (German but moved to London) began the road to discovering the Electromagnetic Spectrum in 1799 - long before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840! Ultraviolet light was discovered by Wilhelm Ritt (German) in 1801 - again long before the signing of the Treaty.
In 1840 most Maori could neither read not write and had absolutely no concept of the meaning of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - so how can they possibly claim something of which they had no knowledge? Their 'taonga” at the time comprised flax, potatoes, pork and timber- no more, no less.
It is not only white New Zealanders who are sickened by activist Maori greed - many Maori feel the same and are revulsed by the actions of Peta Sharples and his ilk.

Mary Brooks, Tauranga.