Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 9:26 am Press Release: The Family Party
THE FAMILY PARTY
www.familyparty.org.nz
Family
Party Pitch to Porirua
Wednesday 15th October at
6:30pm
Pataka Museum
Cnr Norrie & Parumoana
Streets
Porirua
Family Party leader Richard Lewis
and Pacific delegates Papali'i Tuifaasisina Poutoa Papali'I
(Candidate for Manukau East) and Susuga Papali'i Tele
Titiuatoa Malietoa bring their message to Porirua with a
special event on Wednesday 15th October at the Pataka
Museum.
"We’ve been very encouraged by the work on
the ground in South Auckland and believe our message of
coming back to traditional values and putting families first
is an attractive proposition we're looking forward to
bringing to Porirua," says Mr Lewis.
The Family Party has
been working intensely in South Auckland and East Coast Bays
focusing on winning seats in order to remove the 5%
threshold. Mr Lewis will spend the week in Wellington
promoting the Family Party
message.
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