Gerry Eckhoff: Elite

From time to time, it is important to liberate reality from rhetoric especially as it relates to New Zealand’s  past.  The rationale for setting aside reserved seats in parliament 180 years ago so as to ensure a Maori perspective and representation, has been accepted as  appropriate.  

Today however some Maori will  consider they are discriminated against if and when the privilege is finally  removed, as it surely will with the passage of time. This is an obvious consequence of the continuance of the integration of the races.