To: Mykejon Winckel
Editor, Franklin E Local
Ground Floor, Professional House
12-18 Seddon Strett, Pukekohe 2120
Kia ora Myklejon,
I was interested to see an anonymous article called 'An Unpalatable Truth' in the latest issue of your magazine Franklin E Local. (1) The article suggests that a series of European peoples, most notably the Celts, settled New Zealand thousands of
years ago. According to the article, these ancient settlers were peaceful folk who lived happily for many centuries
before being conquered by Polynesian invaders who were the ancestors of the Maori. The ‘savage’ Polynesians supposedly
ate all the Celtic men, made the Celtic women into sex slaves, and stole the wood and greenstone carvings the Celts had
created.
According to ‘An Unpalatable Truth’, evidence of the existence of the original white settlers of New Zealand is being
suppressed by a conspiracy of government officials, academics, museum workers, and Maori. You accompanied ‘An
Unpalatable Truth’ with an editorial which enthusiastically endorsed the article, and which demanded that New Zealand
history 'be known without political bias'.