Nick Smith Auckland Nat meeting open to public

[drummer]

Can we back date those?

Oh I am

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[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Well a good 70 odd bikes turned up 50ish of us turned up in convoy having all met at the toilets in Okahu Bay .

Nick (shit head) Smith was already inside possibly thinking oh good only 20 or so bikes have shown up! Then the rest of us arrived! The TV cameras were there and filmed us all walking into the meeting, Nick was 'meeting and greeting' untill we showed up and then beat a hasty retreat to the back of the hall.
He stated how brave he was fronting up to us all and replyed to every question answered but unfortunately didn't answer many!! He was shown wanting when his own figures were quoted and didnt add up stating he prefered the figures he uses.
A frustrating meeting, not only us (the bikers) but two other groups equally didnt have some very good questions answered.
He clearly stated that he considers ACC an insurance company and repeatedly compaired us to Australia........who's betting ACC gets sold the Aussies then?
On some points he was made to look wanting and one question he simply stayed quiet!
The bloke is a true politician, frustrating, arrogant and can talk for ages whilst saying nothing at all.

The best bit of the whole meeting was when the compere gesticulated to a member of the audiance to speak into the microphone by giving him the 'blow job' sign fukin hillarious...........I guess you had to be there.

[gilly]

Sorry to have not been there to add to the numbers.
It's 10.30pm and I'm still at work (been here since 7am), just putting the newspaper to bed now.

[PZR]

I was there, I saw. How did it go I hear you ask. Not too bad I know we got our point across. I give Nick Smith his due he fronted up and stayed the whole way through and answered most of the questions that were asked. We dominated the meeting about 90% of the time which was a great success. Other people asked about ACC counselling and I learnt more about climate change in an hour than I ever had before
It will be interesting to see what the media has to say. Don't be surprised if the lady from the group protesting against loss of ACC funding gets more coverage than us because the media is a fickle creature, but we will see.

Some really great points were made but I do not believe we swayed him one inch (YET) We will need to keep pounding away to make a sizable dent. It is like trying to convince a priest there is no god or as my son who came with me said, its like pounding your head against a brick wall. It hurts, it takes time, it feels good when you stop, but eventually you will get through if you keep trying.
Thank you to all for such a large turnout. We did good

[PhantasmNZ]

Awesome guys - sorry I couldn't be there - was on a plane back from wellington (then in a cage on the motorway) at the time - but great turnout... hopefully little nicky is starting to get the idea that we're not going away...

[drummer]

Congrats to all.. the MC took it all very personally.. bit upset... but hes a junior as far as a thing like this is concerned and needs to know the difference between debate, politics and other things.. don't you Cyrus.. yes folks there is a atcher from the nats here... and they aren't happy!! Next step... to be advised...

Thanks everyone!!

Peter

[Mom]

I do wish I could be a fly on the wall. Will anyone be videoing things?

I got him to say he did not care about the submission process, and when I hit him about it he denied saying it

He also is unconcerned about our anger and the impact it might have on marginal electorate seats. Hmmmmmm time to crank this puppy up a notch. I am being interviewed on morning report tomorrow. TV3/Prime and Radio Live were all there tonight.

[gijoe1313]

Guess we have to hit where it counts ... in votes! Same load of bollocks he gave down in Wellywood. Have to admire him doing the broken record thing and saying a lot with out saying anything. Damn good points washed over him without fault ... until his defence got wore down and he started to slip up (and thus went back to say nothing!)

Just another skirmish in this engagement ... keep it up!

[drummer]

Short Circuit... thanks for turning up... loved the hat!

Peter

[drummer]

I got him to say he did not care about the submission process, and when I hit him about it he denied saying it
.

It eas on Camera and I asked the reporter from TV3 to note it which she did... Allan Peachey said that Nicksta regretted those words.. but I bet he still means it

Peter

[raster]

I think everyone did very well, it was not a very good night for Hon Nik.

I spent about 5 minutes talking with him before the meeting, I made sure he knew how I felt, he was attempting to convince me the higher CC bikes were always heavier and causes more damage.

He used the same argument in the meeting.

[retro asian]

Haha, my old man just texted to say he saw me on Nightline.....

Footage is on the tv3 website now....


http://www.3news.co.nz/Nick-Smith-MM...7/Default.aspx

[rachprice]

Just saw it on TV3 news....Hanne is famous!!

[raster]

Report on tv3 tonight.

Seemed to be a little more balanced than TV 3 has been in the past.

[PhantasmNZ]

I think everyone did very well, it was not a very good night for Hon Nik.

I spent about 5 minutes talking with him before the meeting, I made sure he knew how I felt, he was attempting to convince me the higher CC bikes were always heavier and causes more damage.

He used the same argument in the meeting.

So now it's about weight - do these ridiculous justifications never end???? so of course - lets ditch the CC splits and go off kgs ????? @P(&U#(*$&I@#Y$^Y(*&

we need to replay that Nickism back to the media - hmmm straws... must clutch at them....