[blam]

"If you can get hold of a book called "Kiwis at the crossroads" by Geoff McDonald, it enlarges on how the Maori cause is being used to cause racial problems in New Zealand."

Thanks, I'm familiar with the strife. I think the NZ government just federalized all the beaches/shorelines to keep the Maori from claming them. (etc.)

[shaggy eel]

,,, the Treaty of Waitangi guaranteed Maori (as a conquered race) the same rights as settlers in New Zealand, under the Queen of England. New Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion in 1910 and is self governing, apart from having a Governor-General to rubber stamp significant legislation as the Queen's representative and we also retain London's Privy Council as a last means of legal appeal - a step that Helen Klark and Margaret Wilson are very keen to abolish in their lust for total power.

The government has always maintained a measure called "The Queen's Chain", which is 66 feet from where the tide falls on beaches, for the public to roam freely on beaches. Under the Treaty, a section of Maoris are claiming ownership of seabed and foreshore. What a gravy train this will be for lawyers. What an electoral disaster in the making for Labour. Here's what a segment of the population has to say about it...