Gerry Eckhoff: In response to Anne Stevens - KC

Members of the public who have a long standing interest in civic affairs will be astonished and somewhat bewildered to be described as being exploited by the Treaty Principles Bill. Adding insult to this injury, Dunedin lawyer Anne Stevens (Kings Council) also described the public - in the same breath – as having their ignorance and prejudice exploited when it comes to matters pertaining to the Treaty of Waitangi. Really? Whatever Ms Stevens personal view of this bill is, her role as a KC is surely compromised by her pre-emptive strike against the Bill and her use of a totally emotive and inaccurate descriptive term of the Bill as “evil.”