October 2020
Issue 237 Helensville News October 2020 5000 copies delivered monthly to Helensville, Parakai, Kaukapakapa, Waitoki, Wainui, Woodhill, South Head and Shelly Beach Election billboards get tough time Most candidates in our Kaipara ki energy and money that I wouldn’t wish Mahurangi electorate have been suffering on any candidate of any party. It from vandalism to, and theft of, their election happens to us all, unfortunately, which billboards. just goes to show that there are idiots of “We have been busy fixing the hoardings every stripe. ever since they went up,” says Labour “When my signs get hit, I’ll candidate Marja Lubeck. sometimes highlight that via social “I only have the minimum amount of signs media but tendto look for an angle up as, like many others I too think they don’t that’s a bit thought-provoking, rather really enhance the landscape. At the last tally than just expressing anger. Never let we have 14 damaged, ripped, destroyed, haters and wreckers win, basically.” graffitied, or completely stolen. Helensville, New Zealand First candidate Kumeu, Wellsford, Leigh, Warkworth, Snells Brenda Steele says so far her billboard Beach, Matakana have all had a turn.” damage has been limited to the Marja adds that some of her hoardings northern areas of Kaipara ki Mahurangi. had been removed completely, including all “In some parts our timber has been the wood framing. re purposed by other parties for their “That is not only gutting for my small team signage, which I find interesting. It is not ! A Labour Party volunteer repairs one of Marja Lubeck’s who in their spare time go out and put these hard to tell our timber.
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