My election observations are:

Winston Peters your handshake is not worth a damn. You seem incapable of making eye contact with people and interviewers. You glance at them. Perhaps if you'd treated people in the past the way they deserved you may have confidence to look people in the eye.

Kim Schmitz apart from your disgusting behaviour - and setting the lowest standard possible something New Zealander's do not adhere to - if you walked up Queen St in a colour you would look like any tall, overweight male. You need black for intimidation.

Mr Key is a business man and must be mortified at the present political behaviour. Being Prime Minister is running a business and doing the best for as many people as possible with a set amount of money.

Doing his best to make people independent and self-reliant as possible.

Mr Cunliffe is such a fairy godfather. The things he will promise to get into power with the communist background of the Labour movement it is necessary to keep people dependent on the government ie. benefits. That way they have control over the people.

Hone Harawira stated long and loud that he would never let his family marry a Pakeha. Well, well, you are certainly surrounding yourself with white people and their money. You prove you will use people for your own political gain.

Finally, the Greens, remember: ‘The winds of theory get wrecked on the rocks of reality'

V Carter, Mount Maunganui.