As I do most elections, I encourage all The Weekend Sun readers to exercise their right and vote on September 20.

If you don't vote you can't complain about the way the country is run. If you do vote, you can.

It looks as if this election campaign will be an entertaining one, going on events thus far.

And while politics can be fun, it's a serious business running a country, and it's always nice to win.

I'm traditionally a right of centre voter, as I believe the people who create the wealth deserve the right to spend it. But not everyone agrees with that.

The left of centre parties -and there's no shortage of them this year - are scrapping among themselves with ever-increasing promises the daily fair for the next few weeks.
I believe National deserve another term of government. Why? Well, after weathering a brutal global financial crisis and some of the worst earthquakes in my time as a New Zealander, I feel they deserve another term to complete their mission.

There's still a lot of work to be done in developing the country's business growth, especially exports, trying to keep things clean, green and preferably sustainable while developing our natural resources, and encouraging the unfortunate to keep trying, rather than giving up. It's too easy to fail these days. And you get paid for it.

Whether we like it or not, today's world is about winners. Regardless of ‘where of centre' you are, if you win you're in - if you lose, your choices in life are substantially reduced.

And we all want to win, don't we? In NZ we're lucky we're already winners. You don't have to look far to realise that. Even those with nothing have something.

There are many countries in the world that would love to have what we have.
So regardless of the result on September 20, let's remember we're already winners.
So go on, be a part of it, and vote.

G Martin, Otumoetai.