It’s about work
The Manawatu Standard ran a big article today about the local election races, between Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway and the current mayor in Palmerston North, and me and the incumbent National MP in...
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Click here for a newsletter about what we’ve been doing, and what we’re going to be doing in the next week or two. Rangitīkei Labour campaign update I’ll aim to get a newsletter out every couple of...
View ArticleTalking to rural voters, with Damien O’Connor
Our Primary Industries spokesperson, Damien O’Connor, came to visit Rangitīkei a few days ago. We had three events on the agenda: visiting the Bulls Flying Doctor Service (careful, that link opens with...
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Click here for our latest campaign newsletter. Rangitīkei campaign update – August 6 – pdf 463kb We’re moving into the busiest stage of the campaign – lots of street corner meetings, leafletting,...
View ArticleStreet corner meetings, candidates’ forums, it’s all on!
I’ve run street corner meetings in every sizable township in Rangitkei – Bulls, Shannon, Marton, Feilding, Ohakune, Raetihi, Ashhurst, Taihape and Taumarunui, and a couple in not so sizable places,...
View ArticleCampaign update – 16 days to go
16 days to go. The early voting booths are open – click here for a list of Rangitīkei early voting places. We’re busy with a cycle of candidates’ forums and street corner meetings and getting leaflets...
View ArticleCampaign update – 7 September
Just 13 days to go. Or 13 sleeps, however you prefer to count this. I’ve had so many people contacting me to say that they’ve voted, and that they’ve voted to support me and the Labour Party. Thank...
View ArticleWorking hard for Rangitīkei
It’s hard to believe that this election campaign is nearly over. My team and I have been working hard for months. We’ve visited every town and village in the electorate, knocked on doors, held street...
View ArticleThis is very gratifying
The local paper has handed out some campaign awards. Manawatu’s pre-election awards Best campaign: Deborah Russell, Labour. Faced with the unenviable task of taking on National’s Ian McKelvie in...
View ArticleThank you
Thank you, to my team, and to my family, and to people who’ve supported me, and to people who hollered encouraging words out of their car windows, and to people who voted for me. Sign waving in...
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