I was delighted to hear that David Round has agreed to come to Tauranga, in light of the interest being shown here. He will explain constitutional matters and the actual status of the Treaty of Waitangi. He's a man of wide interests, and a passionate conservationist. He lectures in constitutional law in Canterbury University, and is a contributor to the current best-seller, Twisting the Treaty. His writing is clear, accessible and a pleasure to read.
We need some reliable, considered information at this time, when N.Z. faces a threat to our democratic constitution, and is plagued by thr interminable intrusion of the dated Treaty of Waitangi into all aspects of daily living.
Maorification is not our answer. Maori depended on savagery, committed the most mind-blowing crimes against humanity for which they have never been called to account, as they expect others to be. So, to those activit/elitist Maori : -
This is 2013! NOT the 1840s! Look forward, for heaven's sake, and let go the eternal need to dominate at all costs, and to consume and benefit from and claim as your right the fruits of millenia of patient learning, innovation, discovery of others, with no sign of appreciation or conscience.
It's time for the activist Maori, bedevilling government, to stop spoiling it for those of their own, not dominated by those aspirations, and there's plenty of room for their best at the top.

D. Holm, Tauranga.