Dear Editor,

There should never be any treaty Claims. The treaty was put together because 13 Chiefs wanted protection from the warring Maori tribes. It was also to give law and order in this country of ours, and uniting the people under one law, one nation.

By Geoffrey Palmer putting in place a false English document and writing up 5 principles for Maori to make claims he allowed Maori special privileges over everyone else. Therefore how can a group of people who call themselves Maori, who were the 6th group of people to arrive here, can make land claims, when they didn't own the land?

Infact the people living here before Maori didn't consider the land was theirs and they lived in harmony with each other. It wasn't until these people who call themselves Maori arrived that they wanted the land for themselves.

If the true history of this country wasn't banned Maori claims wouldn't be accepted.

Both National and labour have been in charge over the last 30 years or more, and we continue to elect them time after time on basis of promises to be broken, and lies and deceit. If people want these land claims to stop then you need to vote for a party that will bring the truth out.

Yours sincerely

Ian Brougham, Wanganui.