Interesting political times in Waitakere.  Did you know you are considered  the key to a  political win and they call you “Waitakere Man”!   Waitakere sits in the hot political triangle of politics. In Oratia, our rural area is  Helensville Electorate (MP John Key), our suburban area is  Kelston Electorate (MP Carmel Sepuloni), and Titirangi  is in  New Lynn Electorate (MP David Cunliffe).

Numerous political theories and stereotypes abound about “Waitakere Man “, yeah that’s us, as they try to figure out how to win your vote.  You wouldn’t know, either side was trying to win our vote,  based on the absolute neglect of investment in our local towns, nevertheless….. debate on  blog Public Address here, and excerpt below.

Six years ago, Chris Trotter invented the term “Waitakere Man” to describe Labour’s ex-voters: a West Auckand computer programmer, say, and his wife, who own a house in Sunnyvale, enjoy tax deducting business expenses and good annual house-rice inflation, and use both to fund annual Pacific Island breaks with their young kids. They plan to employ a minimum-wage school-leaver on a 90-day trial to help out with the business. “Waitakere Man” is a cliche, but cliches only envolve because they’re true.

Hooton’s “Waitakere Man” is himself an invention. Trotter’s “Waitakere Man” was actually a different rooster altogether:

The voter escorting National to its First Term Ball turned out to be the sort of bloke who spends Saturday afternoon knocking-back a few beers on the deck he’d built himself, and Saturday evening watching footy with his mates on the massive flat-screen plasma-TV he’s still paying-off.

His missus works part-time to help out with the mortgage, and to keep their school-age offspring in cell-phones and computer games.

National’s partner – let’s call him Waitakere Man – has a trade certificate that earns him much more than most university degrees. He’s nothing but contempt for “smart-arse intellectual bastards spouting politically-correct bullshit”. What he owns, he’s earned – and means to keep.  “

Lol.  Do either of these represent you? Or perhaps neither.  Or perhaps you take offence at   being stereotyped so narrowly. Personally they could win my vote by taking a professional service oriented approach to doing their job  and investing in our communities.  Eg. Less talk more action.   Anyways you can check out the full discussion on Public Address here.