750 at a public meeting
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am by David FarrarI just noted at the bottom of this Dom Post article that John Key had 750 people attend a public meeting in Pukekohe last night. That’s a huge number of people.
Pukekohe is not a wealthy area – the median family income is $60,800, marginally above the NZ average of $59,000. And on the Degree of Deprivation scale from Wellington School of Medicine, they are around a 7 – with 1 being least deprived and 10 most deprived.
So getting 750 people anywhere is rare – but in Pukekohe is quite extraordinary.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 11:03 am
Is it? Pukekohe is a national seat.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
Yeah. A good crowd. People searching for some hope. Did John deliver?
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 am
Pukekohe is not 100% National.
Perhaps it is indicative of the interest from other voters.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
That’s a lot more than the 35 or so that were at his Dunedin outing last week.
Still a little way to go to the 1500 at Otago Uni last week for Labour.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Paul, why don’t you hold a meeting in Linwood, blog the place and time here and see how many you pull?
Oh wait, you’d probably get a bloody good turnout as there are quiet few here actually keen to meet you!
My home made Taser is almost complete…
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Being from pukekohe, I can tell you that it *IS* a wealthy area, there are poor parts, but by and large its full of money. There are far more new Holdens and european cars in Pukekohe than you will seen in many parts of Auckland.
Heck, we sold our place there about 12 years ago for $300,000, and its now on the market for 2.5 Million. Try and tell me thats not a well off community!
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
Paul – youre comparing a tuesday night public meeting in pukekohe to otago university?
if you use that analogy – labour got flogged! fuck me! only 1500 students turned up?
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Sigh!!!!
So 750 people turned up to hear the policies of Labour lite.
How bad does it have to get before the people of NZ wake up to the fact that only an idiot continues doing the same thing expecting a different result.
While Key is a nice man and an honest man he is not offering any real change other than a new face, we can only hope that the Nat’s leak votes to ACT in enough numbers that enables Rodney and Sir Roger to call the shots.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am
Paul said:
How many people happened to be at Otago University that day? 15,000? So only ten percent of the students at the most left-wing university sat in the Quad while the PM spoke?
A bit different from 750 people going out of their way on an evening to go to a public hall to listen to John Key.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am
I’ve just been out doorknocking with Kenneth Wang. The mood for change out there is just massive. In fact, I’m amazed that Labour could possibly be at 35%. I am picking their vote to collapse, as National’s did in 2002.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Isn’t Wang in a not-even-close-to-Labour electorate anyway?
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
botony?? i wouldnt have thought that as a right wing stronghold… 3km’s from manaukau etc
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
“botony?? i wouldnt have thought that as a right wing stronghold… 3km’s from manaukau etc”
I would love to throw some voting stats at you from the last election dime, but “As a result of electorate boundary changes in 2007, the Botany electorate has no obvious existing election results.”
All i can say is it’s about 40% euro, 8.5% maori, 18% PI, 26% asian, with $71k median family income, and 47% of schools are decile 10, while 31% are decile one. Actually, stuffed if i know how that’s going to go!
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
PAUL………….Was that the meeting where she who can’t be trusted promised a 30million dollar art unit two days after she publicly stated that Liabour wouldn’t be making anymore spending promises.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Shame that the following didn’t get more coverage as if they’re are anywhere near close with this prediction, it will be a BLOODBATH!
National get Tauranga Boys’ tick
22/10/2008 13:20:02
Tauranga Boys’ College, known for correctly picking election results, is tipping a big win for the National Party.
The results of a student vote just out, tip a landslide win for National. The party vote was 71 percent for National with Labour a distant second on 16 percent.
The vote on the Tauranga electorate was much closer, with 48 percent picking National’s Simon Bridges. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is trailing just six percent behind on 42 percent.
The students of Tauranga Boys’ College have an uncanny record – they have predicted the result of all but two elections over the past three decades.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“only an idiot continues doing the same thing expecting a different result.”
An idiot… or a physicist
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Stop hiring professional polling companies to gauge the mood of the nation, just poll schools!
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
It’s best to ignore Paul. If you feed the troll it’s only a matter of time before he starts wanking on about Vancouver. Shame is that he just won’t fuck off back there.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I’m sure if National had of promised every resident in Pukekohe $150 per week for doing nothing he would have got more than 1,500.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Paul said………
“That’s a lot more than the 35 or so that were at his Dunedin outing last week”…
Get it right you tosser – the function in Dunedin was by invitation only. Demand was so high that people were actually turned away – by the way it was 75 people. Numbers were restricted so that people could actually get to talk to John, as opposed to 1,500 who listened to Helen screech….
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
That’s not surprising….
… people want to see & hear the next Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Vote:October 22nd, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Fuck, I’m glad that my kids don’t go to a school in Linwood! Imagine your kids being taught by that dope smoking pinko Paul!
Vote:October 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 am
1500 for Otago Uni to see the PM isn’t a grand feat by any stretch of the imagination – remembering that OUSA would have promoted this pretty hard and the rumours about the Universal Allowances would have been going round. Wonder why she would go there for that announcement unless she knew 100% that she would get a better than average turnout?
When Winston came to Otago in 1999 (I think) he pulled in almost double that.
Also, OUSA is very loose with numbers – they count people attending their student association meetings as anybody within the radius of their union building. Add that to Labours well known truth stretching and you’ll have a far more modest number.
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