Kiwitt , in your original post you say that the people who may benefit from these payments are not Maori enough, is there anything in the treaty that specifies racial purity as a neccesity for land rights ?
If not then the descendants of the Maori , no matter how much foriegn ancestry they may have , are entitled to what they are granted under the treaty .
If an Englishman were entitled to something , but when he went to claim it was told that he couldn't have it as his father was Greek and his mothers family were of German descent , yet there were no provisions which allowed for those facts to stop him claiming his entitlement then you cannot stop him claiming what was his due .
Likewise unless you want your government to renogotiate the treaty and bring in specifics on racial purity instead of descent as a provision of entitlement then you have to give what is due .
But of course , introducing a racial purity clause would make it a racist issue .