Election

So another election has come and gone. We had 3 (yes, 3) polling stations within walking distance from our house - all in about a 800 meter stretch on Shakespeare Rd. Why so many so close together? Ok, one of them was at North Shore Hospital so it kind-off makes sense - sick people also want to vote, you know. And they don't want a bunch of non-sick people running around the hospital on election day. Hence there was a polling station at Carmel College right next door to the hospital (for the not sick people). Maybe it's because of all the old people we have in Milford - we don't want them to have to travel to far to get to a polling station. We'll have major traffic jams on the footpaths with all those mobility scooters out.

We went to Milford School to cast our votes. As before, I only made my final decision in the booth. Was very tempted to waste my party vote on Bill and Ben but in the end sanity (or what I have left of it) prevailed.

Anyway, the upshot of this is that Auntie Helen (aka Helen 'Photoshop' Clark) has been kicked into touch by the good people of New Zealand (die volk het gepraat). On the down side, John Key has that smirk back on his face that he seemed to lose in the run-up to the election.