PM Visit to Lower Hutt Grey Power

I was delighted to accompany the PM on her visit to Grey Power in Lower Hutt yesterday. Helen was warmly received and I had a number of very pleasant conversations with members over a cuppa afterwards. It was interesting to note that in the half hour question and answer session that followed the PM’s speech not one person asked her about Winston Peters. Questions covered ranged from the shortage of doctors in the Hutt Valley through to pensions for overseas residents. As always, the PM was ready with an answer to each and every one of them.

After the Grey Power meeting we visited Datamail in Petone. I was amazed to learn about the volume of material datamail handle on a daily basis. Our visit was particularly timely because they were in the process of mailing out enrolment reminders to all those not currently on the electoral roll. For those interested, Radio NZ ran a story on the visit on Morning Report this morning.