On Wednesday the National MP who tried to ban water, Jacqui Dean, tweeted about a meeting she and Conservation Minister Nick Smith had in Wanaka, which is part of the Waitaki electorate and a blue stronghold:
I thought this was rather amusing, being that the so-called "packed" meeting appeared to be in the lounge of a rest home with very few people in attendance. Now compare that sad gathering with one the Mana/Internet party had the previous day in Kaitaia:
National also held a marginally better attended meeting somewhere else on Tuesday:
This caused the normally right wing reporter Duncan Garner to ask; "where are the young people Chris?" Now compare that small meeting of older people with another Internet/Mana party meeting the following day:
Good to see the Internet/Mana party mobilizing some decent on the ground support.
Nick Smith outlining our environment policies to a packed meeting in #gigatownwanaka pic.twitter.com/FWxdrvFoPc
— Jacqui Dean (@JacquiDeanMP) July 16, 2014
I thought this was rather amusing, being that the so-called "packed" meeting appeared to be in the lounge of a rest home with very few people in attendance. Now compare that sad gathering with one the Mana/Internet party had the previous day in Kaitaia:
Packed house in Kaitaia tonight. Our first #InternetMANA road trip event. Snapshot from the stage :-) pic.twitter.com/VW5GvoB8er
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) July 15, 2014
National also held a marginally better attended meeting somewhere else on Tuesday:
Good crowd this morning for the public meeting with @paulabennettmp @honbillenglish & @WayneWalford pic.twitter.com/7K6Ixavom6
— Chris Tremain (@CJTremain) July 14, 2014
This caused the normally right wing reporter Duncan Garner to ask; "where are the young people Chris?" Now compare that small meeting of older people with another Internet/Mana party meeting the following day:
Full House in Kaikohe tonight. #InternetMANA Road Trip. pic.twitter.com/8gxSB3VJBU
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) July 16, 2014
Good to see the Internet/Mana party mobilizing some decent on the ground support.
