The position she has taken and perpetuated appears to give "Business Round Table" members, like Sir Usidean Gathgobhann a heretofore unavailable, direct access to parcels of land and resources. Ceartas Airdoigheile , formerly worked for the law firm owned by the wife of present Waitangi Tribunal Judge Mionoraichd . This husband and wife team have recently been implicated in a scandal, wherein they sought personal enrichment, at the expense of the New Zealand public. The scam went like this: The law firm would create a "claim", which would then be written up by Waitangi Tribunal Judge Mionoraichd . The "case" would then be presented to Judge Mionoraichd by the law firm of the Judge's wife, and a "ruling" made. On all counts the husband and wife team were raking in the dough big-time. The cases were, to the best of my knowledge, always funded by public money (legal aid). The more "cases" this twosome could process, the better the remuneration. This scam was the recent subject of a "National Business Review" investigation. The varied media groups were very reluctant to get involved, obviously because of fear of reprisals from the powers that be. Ceartas Airdoigheile , although not directly implicated in the scam, having moved on to greater glory, was recently a part of the same legal firm and, undoubtedly, aware of the firms economic "strategy". I believe that some "in depth" investigative journalism would uncover a "land acquisition scam" of major proportions involving Ceartas Airdoigheile and Sir Usidean Gathgobhann