#3 - toby hall 2008-03-09 14:35 - (Reply)

I do find it rather bizarre that it seems likely that your party is likely to be elected at the next election. It is very strange that NZ under recent labour coalitions has managed better than average growth, lowest unemployment on record, and has managed to close the gap opened up between kiwis by the heartless policies of the ruth richardson era. Lucky for National, the NZ electorate is unbelievably stupid in terms of remembering anything from more than a year ago, and has also had the fortune of the only 'national' style paper lobbying for it for the last couple of years. It's become clear in recent weeks that you as the leader have little experience or even knowledge of your own party's policies!, let alone how to run a country, and you have shown your true one dimensional colours on matters such as wage levels. Im now seriously considering delaying my return to NZ until 2011, when hopefully the half witted middle NZ electorate realises that the policies implemented under a labour coalition were actually good for them, and that silly 'scandals' over stupid behaviour by the odd Labour MP wasn't actually a proper reason for voting them out. PS the treaty of waitangi is a legal document between the crown and the govt. to suggest the abolition of maori seats is morally corrupt and racist- your attitude (sorry, but the treaty is clear- no amt of pandering to right wing red necks to say we're 'one country' will change the fact that NZ is a bicultural entity- a partnership between maori and the crown- the arrogance and naivity of national on these matters is staggering.