The new Governor General, Dame 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 with her subjects. Prime Minister John Key picked a real ‘patsy' to promote his party's exclusive pro-Maori patronage. It is surprising one of Dame Reddy's professional experience should make such a false and deleterious statement. 'Madam, there is no partnership!” Check the Treaty.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.