PM Visit to Lower Hutt Grey Power
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Helen Clark, Retirement | No Comments »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 ...
Election Officially Underway
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Featured | No Comments »The year has rushed past and the formal part of the election campaign is now upon us. I launched my campaign for the Rimutaka seat on the 4th of September with a big fundraising dinner at China City Restaurant. Our ...
The Budget and the Pollsters
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Election 08 | No Comments »Predictably the first round of post-Budget opinion polls is now starting to emerge showing that there has been no sudden and dramatic change in the fortunes of either major party. That's pretty unsurprising. The pollsters must have been on the phone ...
The Weekend Opinion Polls
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Election 08 | No Comments »If you're like me, you will have been amused to see TV1 and TV3 releasing political opinion polls over the weekend that painted a vastly different picture of the public mood. TV3's poll indicated that Labour had narrowed the gap ...
The Labour Party is in good shape
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Labour Policy, Labour's Achievements, National Party | No Comments »The Labour Party's pre-election congress over the weekend was fantastic. Despite the odd protester making a bit of noise outside, the mood was energetic and optimistic. Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and Mike Williams all gave good speeches, as did CTU ...
Labour’s Renewal Continues
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Labour's Achievements | No Comments »The New Zealand Herald has a story this morning on the renewal taking place in Labour's ranks. There is a cut-down version of it on their website. They report that the Secretary of the Council of Trade Unions, Carol Beaumont, is ...
Peter Brown is just plain wrong
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Race Relations | No Comments »I was simply appalled by the latest diatribe from New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown about immigration. Mr Brown claims that the latest population projections from Statistics New Zealand show that the number of New Zealanders of Asian descent will ...
Got a burining question??
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 08 | No Comments »The Standard has decided to ask each of the political party leaders a series of questions and publish their responses online. They'll decide the questions based on reader's suggestions. This is an interesting idea and I hope they're successful. So ...
Welcome to Candidate’s Blog
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Featured | No Comments »Welcome to my new Blog. Over the coming months I hope to use this forum to keep you informed about my work as Labour's candidate here in Rimutaka and to promote debate on the important issues we should all be ...