Aro Valley / October 2008
March 2010 | September 2008-
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Aro Valley multi-candidate meeting
- Last night’s Aro valley meeting was a pleasure. It was superbly organised. The Chair (Bryan Crump) was well chosen, and there was a persistent current of good humour outlasting nastiness. There may be relief in my pleasure because all of us candidates know in advance that our only required role is to be the target of audience wit.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2008 Aro Valley Meet the Candidates Event
- The most infamous election event in the nation takes place in the tiny community hall off Aro Street. The hall is standing room only with more crowds (known throughout the evening as ‘the outsiders’) peering in through the windows. Radio New Zealand announcer Bryan Crump has taken the evening off work to act as moderator – he warns the crowd that while heckling is encouraged he will not tolerate any ‘Hooton’s’. Each candidate will have two minutes to speak. Ninety seconds in someone will sound a gong, at two minutes they will thump the keys of a rickety old piano standing near the stage. If the candidate continues to speak they will be drenched with a high-powered water-pistol.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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