Greens Emerging As 2nd Party In Wellington Central
Monday, 8 July 2002, 11:31 am Press Release: Green Party
8 July 2002
Greens Emerging As Second Party In Wellington
Central
The real story of today's Dominion Post's poll of
Wellington Central is that the Greens are on the brink of
overtaking National as the second major party in the seat,
Green Party Wellington Central candidate Sue Kedgley
said.
"I predict that by July 27 the Green Party will
receive more party votes than National and become the second
major party in the electorate," Ms Kedgley said.
The other
interesting feature of the poll is that the Wellington city
bypass is the major issue of concern to Wellington Central
voters, along with the waterfront and business development.
"I detect that Wellington Central voters are becoming
increasingly disillusioned by Labour's inaction over the
by-pass," she said.
"Marion Hobbs campaigned on stopping
the by-pass during the past election, but what has she done
over the past few years?"
Ms Kedgley said stopping the
by-pass would be a high priority of the Green Party in the
next Parliament.
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