This is a photo of me at 18 months old, with Ada Davis at Waitangi Marae. Moving from Kawakawa to Whanganui when I was 8, was almost like moving to a whole different world.

Like Keith said, bug bounties are a fairly standard thing, https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230309/Google_boosts_bonuses_for_Chrome_bug_bounty_hunters
I don't see anywhere where he wanted compensation for 'troubles'

You did describe them as a 'rush of misguided Maori Sentiment' which implies to me, that their views are Maori sentiment, if not, then wouldn't it just be misguided sentiment?

To describe Dr Walker, Hone Harawira and Willie Jackson as the voice of Maori sentiment is also wrong. Did you need to bring ethnicity into it? Surely you could have made your point without it. I have utterly no doubt there are some Pakeha (you mention one in fact) who are talking the same amount of bullshit.