Once again Mr. Dey exposes his lack of knowledge. The Maori version of the Treaty was signed by around 540 chiefs.
When 39 chiefs gathered at Waikato heads to sign, the Maori treaty had not arrived in time.
Rather than delay the signing, an English text was hastily drawn up and used. It was poorly worded and does not accurately translate the Maori version.
It has always been acknowledged as an incorrect translation and that there must also have been a missing final English draft that the Maori Treaty as signed was translated from. This was rediscovered in 1989 - the so called Littlewood draft - and the mystery was finally solved..
The problem is that it is the poorly worded English version as signed by less than 7% of tribes that has been used by grievers to extort resources and money from the country's citizens for the last half century. Over 93% of tribes signed the Maori treaty - as defined in English by the Littlewood draft. Even those who signed the inaccurate English one thought they were signing the Maori one. Therefore only the Maori Treaty has integrity and its English meaning is defined word for word in the Littlewood draft.
Mr. Dey's hero Claudia Orange acknowledged this when she first sighted the Littlewood draft.. However as it makes her life's work fraudulent she has chosen to pretend it does not exist. Shame on Ms Orange and on Peter Dey for their deceit.

Mike Kuipers von Lande,
Mt. Maunganui.