THANK YOU

To the person who found a wallet in the Countdown carpark on Friday the 4th of November and handed it in. Sonny Watene says ‘‘Thank you, you are awesome. Patsy Reddy, in her opening speech said: ‘‘I will respect and honour the unique partnership between the Crown and Maori as enshrined in our founding document ...’’

In doing so, she has shown extreme ignorance of the wording and intent of the Treaty and a racial bias that is grossly inappropriate for her role as the representative of the Queen.

It is judicially, constitutionally and logically impossible for the Sovereign to be in partnership wth her subjects.

John Key picked a real ‘‘patsy’’ to promote his party’s exclusive pro-Maori patronage. It is surprising that one of Dame Patsy’s professional experience should make such a false and deleterious statement.

‘‘Madam, there is no partnership!’’ Check the Treaty.