In Ponsonby yesterday
A while ago we realised we had a bit of money left over in the Free Speech Coalition coffers, plus a bit more had come in during the year, and we are morally obliged to spend it before the election.
The hypocrisy of Labour and NZ First voting for the Electoral Finance Act on the grounds of transparency around donations, and then having NZ First revealed as having filed false donation returns is too much to ignore. And Helen keeping Winston in the baubles of office despite the Privileges Committee finding that he lied about the $100,000 Owen Glenn donation shows that Helen’s rhetoric around the Electoral Finance Act is as false as Winston’s rhetoric.
So using the very fine creative talents of Mr Ansell and others, we took what had just been a blog billboard, tidied it up, and turned it into a real life one.
And there it is proudly on Ponsonby Road.
There will be one going up in Wellington also, and we have a slightly different one going up in Tauranga which we think will be popular! Stay tuned.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Outstanding.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
AT LAST……….The National election campaign start.. An excellent billboard.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Very clever, well done, just fantastic!
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Who is the old fat woman holding Luigis hand?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Winston will sue, SUE I TELL YOU!!!!
Hope there’s room in the dock for you and the thirty thousand others hes sueing this week. Tell Matt hi.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Beautiful! Thanks to all involved
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
“Who is the old fat woman holding Luigis hand?”
Thats Mrs Luigi to you bud!
Brilliant board
Shame we cant have those right through all the main centres.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
What about the Waitemata Trust DPF? Doesn’t it count?
[DPF: As far as I am aware National has complied with the law and revealed all donations from that trust. Unlike Winston the champion of the EFA who had a trust whose name wasn't even public as they broke electoral laws hiding donations from it]
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Superb. [Could you argue that as this isn't advocating for a particular party that it is not even election advertising? You can't regulate for satire!]
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Toad
So you are a fan of Winston’s now are you?
Hypocrisy=Green
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I think you have a real credibility problem with this billboard Mr Farrar. You have totally misrepresented the Rt Hon Winston Peters and Helen Clark in that billboard for scurrilous political gain. Shame on you.
Everyone knows that in real life Helen is taller than Winston.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Excellent and way overdue.
Why the National Party itself hasn’t done this I don’t know
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Brilliant
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Nicely done – nice to see someone on the right of the spectrum with some cahones.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Who was the smart prick who came up with “Labour First” ?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Fantastic DPF….puts a smile on the dial.
Thanks to all involved. Hope it gets some media coverage
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Toad takes time out from his parties anti-Christian hatefest to whine about a bit of humour that tells the truth.
Hypocritical pond scum.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I thought Winnie was Gay…is he doing a Rodney?
He’d ‘tap’ that?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Applause!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
“Where someone photoshops Winston, he photoshops Helen too!”
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
gulp
good on ya mate
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
big bruv said: So you are a fan of Winston’s now are you?
Far from it bruv. As I’ve said on many occasions, Parliament would be better off without him.
I guess if you keep repeating lies, some people will believe them though.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
The people fight back – Go guys!
National may not want to run a negative campaign, but they can’t stop anyone else pointing out the obvious
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Toad
“I guess if you keep repeating lies, some people will believe them though”
Seems to have worked for you guys.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
We now sit back and await the howls of outrage from the ‘axis of evil’.
Like dishing it out but in the words of the immortal Lcpl Jones “they don’t like it up em”
congrats to all
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Toad is in the pay of the coalition of the crapweasels and thats the line they told him to run with so cut him some slack guys.
Its not his fault hes too damn stupid to have his own thoughts, hes a leftie after all.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Oh yes Ross lets all watch the slimy socialists and thier dimbulb followers get their knickers in a twist
the thin lipped humour bypass lot will be bleating and whinging
Great stuff Until now this has been the most boring election over the past 35 years that I have seen.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
ummmmm David you are in trouble now, Hulun will get you.
I am with Dave Strings “good on ya mate”
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
DPF:
But isn’t the billboard a flagrant breach of the Free Speech Coalition’s own (implied) trust, namely its expenditure on activities different than the activties for which they were collected:
> The Free Speech Coalition: “FAQ”
“Q. What do you plan to do with any donations
A. We want to spend it all on an advertising campaign informing New Zealanders of the details of the Electoral Finance Bill, and what effect it will have on them if passed.”
“Q. What will happen to any funds left over, if the Bill is defeated?
A The ultimate beneficiary of any surplus funds is the Commonwealth Press Union.”
[DPF: We aim to defeat the Bill by getting the Act repealed. Highlighting the hypocrisy around the Bill is part of that.
Any donor who is unhappy with what we have spent their money on can get a full refund. However to date the donors seem very very happy. You were not a donor if I recall, unless you were that anonymous $8 one]
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
> Everyone knows that in real life Helen is taller than Winston.
And she has more hair.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
> Everyone knows that in real life Helen is taller than Winston.
> And she has more hair.
Plus she’s got bigger balls.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
And a deeper voice
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Gulp, this idyllic scene suggests that the Helen/Winston relationship is…more than platonic!
Does Dr Peter Davis know about this implication, that he is a cuckold?
Helen will not be a happy-chappy…this could all end in tears.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Its ok 3-coil, Winston is going to give him one of those little Singaporean jockys to keep him happy.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Thanks David, so glad that I have donated, keep up the great work.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Brilliant! The best billboard ad in the country………….looking forward to seeing it feature on TV3 tonight!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
This post should come with a warning – its not a good look to wet oneself through laughing so hard) in the office.
I wish the other side could comeback with something even half as funny – we could have an election campaign by satire… much more interesting than the actual one is turning out to be…
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Classic!
Well done
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
“Activists who don’t like Helen… don’t like Winston either!”
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Brilliant. I still think “Can you trust them” with the No sign would have been good too.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Credit where credit’s due though – It’s nicely done. The whole thing could have been a rant like the EFA authorization at the bottom.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
They’re both too old to breed, aren’t they? AREN’T THEY?
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
When and where is the Wellington version being unveiled? I’d like to turn up and watch.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
DPF:
No, I’m not a donor (as you know, I don’t support your endeavour). And therefore, strictly speaking, I don’t have standing to complain about it.
But the link between the purpose on which you sought the donations and the purpose for which they’ve been deployed does seem somewhat tenuous, especially where the basis on which surplus funds would be disposed of is specifically identified.
No doubt though, in the light of your billboard, people will form their own views about whether it’s legitimate or hypocritical.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Couldn’t they have had that little commie weasel Russell Norman holding her other hand???
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
And now for the awww diddums (from the left)
http://www.thestandard.org.nz/ramshackle-pr-fiasco-2/
Rrrrr bud Dis Erektion iz abut de Truzt !
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
haha fantastic!
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
excellent
Now, what about those other stalwarts of the EFA – the greens…. they need a slapping too.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Another happy donor here too!
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I see the dim wits at the double standard are crying foul.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
The ad gives the appearance of Helen and Winston walking on water. Was that deliberate?
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Didums.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Q. What will happen to any funds left over, if the Bill is defeated?
read that sentence again, especially the second clause.
The bill was not defeated, therefore this does not apply.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Aw c’mon deanknight, Try forgetting what is on the statute books and apply a bit of Annette (full moon) King’s Law of Common Sense.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I saw that gutless lying weasel on breakfast this morning saying with a straight face that the over 60’s “information” kit was nothing to do with the election.
Yeah right.
And now the Standard is whining about one board. Pathetic losers.
Labour-Green may well go down as the most hypocritical party in NZ history.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
MSM response will be interesting. To be fair it is a billboard not a TV advert but given the amount of coverage given to the “John and John” “attack” ad will be interesting to see what coverage this, by far the cleverest of this election, billboard gets.
As an aside it has to be a sad election when the best billboards are big red “keep it Kiwi” and some colourful “Vote for Me” hippy posters.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
At last………we need more of these billboards in the right places!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
” pywacket (2) Vote: 5 0 Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Brilliant! The best billboard ad in the country………….looking forward to seeing it feature on TV3 tonight!!!!”
TV3 need approval from HELEN FIRST – no PUN INTENDED – yeah right
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Great job David. If you need further donations for more of the same you can pass the hat this way.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Absolutely the best thing I have seen relating to this election, bar none. I look forward to seeing the Wellington and Tga billboards.
Keep up the good work, I think this will be hard to beat.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Gotta check where the Tauranga billboard will be.
I’m a builder…… Hey……..can I help erect it?
I’m pretty good at erections….(well I used to be) but I’m still an excellent builder and sign-putter-upperer.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
A top effort exposing the links of the CLARK/PETERS AXIS.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:53 am
deanknight (129) Vote: 4 28 October 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
In my experience Dean, people use the word ‘implied’ when they are talking shit
i.e. you.
deanknight (129) Vote: 2 18 October 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
To follow that up with a speculative use of the word ‘tenuous’ points to an argument that wouldn’t seriously challenge even a labour party supporters cognitive abilities.
Back on topic – I like the imagery
a) left meets right
b) man and b’arch
c) commie and fascist
d) marriage of convenience
October 24th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I’ve just re-read this and I have been a bit harsh – general thrust applies though.
October 24th, 2008 at 8:38 am
DPF – where can i download a large, good resolution image file? thinking workpace posters …
October 24th, 2008 at 11:53 am
expat:
actually, the term “implied” is a legal term associated with trusts (as opposed to an “express” trust); but if you think my usage is erroneous, I’m happy for you to direct me to appropriate legal authority on the point.