The book Twisting the Treaty (a tribal grab for wealth and power) is sowing racial disharmony and hatred throughout New Zealand. It is full of twisted facts and historical inaccuracies aimed at dividing New Zealand along racial lines.
Yes by signing the treaty they ceded full sovereignty to Queen Victoria but in return they would have free and full land rights and the same rights as British subjects. The treaty is a partnership between the Crown and Maori as when Hone Heke signed the treaty he said 'we are one people now”. Tuhoe are not signatories of the treaty and are not bound by the treaty. There are principles to the treaty that is 1 full land rights, 2 equal rights with Pakeha 3 the right for Maori to preserve their language and culture. These were not dreamt up pakeha have these rights too.
The Maoris are indigneous people as they settled in New Zealand before Pakeha. Yes New Zealand belongs to all New Zealanders but the rights of Maori must be protected. Any denial of rights is a precursor to violence and genocide. Maybe the authors of Twisting the treaty should read Adolf Hitler's 'Mien Kampf” and see how their book is similar! I suggest a Boycott of the book 'Twisting the Treaty”. Lets stop racial intolerance.

Aaron Authier, Mount Maunganui.