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In his speech to the Lower Hutt Probus Club, John Clarke, Race Relations Conciliator, starts by outlining the Role of the Race Relations Office and his time as Chief Executive of Manatu Maori (The Ministry of Maori Affairs). He discusses the Treaty of Waitangi as an enduring obligation to fairness and equity, the onset of the Land Wars and the disparity between Maori and Non-Maori and indigenous issues.