What is the matter with the majority of New Zealanders, all this bleating and wailing and gnashing of teeth about iwi being given guardianship of the seabed and foreshore?
Maori by their own admission are conservationists, don't the good people of New Zealand see that once Maori have control of the foreshore there will be a flurry of activity, sea lettuce will be a thing of the past, no more unsightly developments, just pristine beaches the way it was when Maoriori arrived.
I think that this will open peoples eyes, and I for one think that we should also hand over, roads, hospitals, schools in fact all infrastructure to Iwi, it will certainly save the tax payer loads of money.
On the subject of, the first to set foot on terra firma own it outright, has anyone given thought to the moon. Ipso facto it's American. They landed first, so it is theirs to do with as they will.
I dread to think what is going to happen with America's worsening financial worries.
Will we be charged for looking at it, singing songs about it or even using the word in common everyday language such as Honeymoon.
Thank heavens we only have the foreshore, sea lettuce and small group of disgruntled people who think that they can hold the country to ransom to deal with.
Chris Laycock, Cherrywood.