[arnie_chitlinegger]

Thats the part of all this that I fail to understand,the basic premise that Maori of the past tried to aspire to....they are "of" the land and not owners of the land.Yet a $ value gets applied to a said piece of land and sections purporting to represent Maori are sitting with their hands out.In saying this I am in no way begrudging past and possibly future TOW payouts,but the credibility(sp) of all claims are going to be scutinised when uppity idiots with too much time on their hands start claiming beaches,airwaves and air space solely for financial gain.