{"id":3898,"date":"2015-03-20T07:22:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2015-03-20T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T19:07:00","slug":"rueben-taipari-porter-on-the-campaign-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"Rueben Taipari Porter on the campaign trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"avatr\"<\/a>\u00a0Mana News editor Joe Trinder<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I had the privilege of watching Rueben Taipari Porter at a meet the candidates\u00a0in Kaiwaka Northland. First I noticed the audience were elderly conservative farmers \u00a0and I said to Rueben walking in “It looks like a tough crowd you’ve got some balls going in there to speak to that lot”.<\/p>\n

I was\u00a0wrong, very wrong the Kaiwaka community loved Rueben and many of the community came up and introduced themselves. Then I noticed something bizarre crowds started to gather around Rueben to get the opportunity to meet their friendly candidate. Mark Osborne wasn’t given the same reception or the other nine candidates.<\/p>\n

This campaign is about dogs and here are the different dogs<\/p>\n

Winston Peters -Attack Dog<\/p>\n

Mark Osborne -Lap Dog<\/p>\n

Willow-Jean Prime -Prime Dog<\/p>\n

Rueben Taipari Porter –Under Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n