Re: Social equality versus greed in society' (The Weekend Sun, April 28).

I think B Johnson is misleading us with his claim that Maori want more than a fair share of the national cake. Maori have received about $3 billion in Treaty settlements for more than $30 billion of land wrongly taken, with no allowance made for lost income. This can be confirmed with the Office of Treaty Settlements website. Fair compensation would have returned far more than $30 billion to Maori for stolen land.

It is the greed of Pakeha voters that stops Governments paying full compensation to Maori, even though, by passing the Treaty of Waitangi Act, Parliament admits that Maori land was stolen. By gracefully accepting less than 10 per cent compensation for the loss of ancestral land Maori are absolutely not greedy. B Johnson should explain why he thinks Maori should have to accept different compensation rules from everybody else when he campaigns for equality for all.

P Dey, Welcome Bay.