I went along last night to a meeting to re-invigorate Labour’s Te Tai Tonga organisation here in Wellington. It was awesome, and huge credit to Deb, Sonny and the crew for getting it off the ground. 

It is the nature of a big sprawling seat like Te Tai Tonga that it is hard to organise and keep momentum going. There has not been a lot of activity in this part of the electorate for a while, and there is no doubt this contributed to Labour losing the seat last election.

The energy and ideas from the (mostly) young folk there last night was brilliant. They have picked up on the theme of Labour re-connecting with the community, and are going to make that the basis of their work over the next year or so.  They have some great projects in mind that will support the community and help establish the connections that have been lost, and make new ones.  If you are in Wellington, and interested in getting involved, drop me a line grant@grantrobertson.co.nz and I will put you in touch with the crew.