G P Stephenson: Maori Do Not Own the Water

 If we were playing Jeopardy, the answer is Maori, and the winning question is, who owns the water?

What is bizarre to me is that people who have stolen an asset are now having a debate about the rights over it.

We reject co-governance because we want to have the appropriate conversation about the elephant in the room: how did Pakeha get to the table on a 100% Maori-owned asset?

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Below is my response to John Tamihere’s article [above] that Maori own the water.