“If we look to what I now think is the historically-correct context — the Treaty as a genuine attempt at a relationship-building exercise — then it opens the possibility of doing things better in our society today.” — Professor David Williams.
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“When Joe Hawke was born in 1940, the only land remaining to Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in the entire Tāmaki isthmus, over which they had exercised their mana for some two centuries, was just 12½ acres of land at Ōkahu Bay.” — Professor David Williams.
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“One of the perceived political difficulties to arriving at a settlement that will attract broad public support is that ‘private land’ is involved. But this is a red herring that misleads and distracts us from the relevant and important questions.” — David Williams.
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