Mr Peters, I voted for you and your party because of your unequivocal, bottom-line promise to hold a referendum on the retention of the Maori seats. I have supported you for the past 15 years and regularly sent you letters of this support. You have broken that promise and betrayed the trust of a great many New Zealanders. The integrity you have displayed with your ‘bottom line' confirms the observation of the noted American poet and satirist that: "A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man." You also seem to confirm claims made by your most virulent critics. But then my opinion will not disturb you nor as it seems will the opinions of anyone else.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.