We should count ourselves fortunate, particularly at this time of great strife in other countries that we regard as our equals, whether they be in Europe or in the Pacific, where strife between ethnic communities and disagreements over land and access to resources has led to violence and the breakdown of their civil society. So I think it's important that all New Zealanders acknowledge that having the Treaty of Waitangi as a founding document actually gives us an opportunity to focus on sorting out real infringements of private property rights. 