Alf Grumble is the long-serving, hard-working and much-admired MP for Eketahuna North, in the Northern Wairarapa.
He was re-elected at the 2008 general election with a majority bigger than Winston Peters’ ego. In this neck of the woods, he is as popular as the late Keith Holyoake, the former Prime Minister who farmed not far from here.
He has become a blogger (and a good one, too) because our news media don’t give him or his wisdom the time of day.
Alf offered before the election to buy radio hack Barry Soper a beer in the bar at Bellamys, in the hope he might get a mention in a news bulletin. But Soper – weaned on Speights – declined (actually, he told Alf to bugger off).
It was an instructive rebuff. Alf realised that wooing the Press Gallery had become Mission Impossible. There had to be a better way to get his words across to constituents…
He’s saving on beer money, too.
He tells more about his blogging urges in his widely lauded very first post.
hi there. im a resident of the current desired site in ahipara/epikauri block where meridian is currently working with doc.
what a load of croc. and i’m grateful to Alf for your honest and up front information on this.
im interested to know who i would contact at meridian and doc to let them know what i think.
Hi, nice to meet you !
kapai Alf