"The greatest compliment another party can pay an MP is to acknowledge they are doing an effective job as local MP.

"I have been delighted with the support I am getting not only from National but also Labour voters who are saying they are voting for me as the most effective local MP.

"For Wellington Central there are important electorate issues like Wellington hospital, the threat to cut Wellington police numbers and the ongoing need for protection of the Town Belt which I have effectively championed.

"National's action has turned Wellington Central into a choice as to who is the best local MP - a choice that my track record indicates I will win," Mr Prebble said.

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>