About
Contact
Advertise

Facebook
Twitter

September 17, 2005 10:08am by David Farrar

Billboard still up

Hey Kermit someone left a billboard up at Ngaio Gorge.

Share this:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
WhatsApp
More

Pinterest
Print
Tumblr

Like this:

Like Loading...

Email
Facebook
Twitter
Comment10

Election 2005

Comments (10)

Login to comment or vote

dim

Here’s a thought. What’s to stop an unscrupulous political party (not that we have such a thing in this country) from stealing an opponents billboard a couple days before the election then putting them up again in the early hours of the morning?
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 10:47am
David Farrar

Well in Na .. an unnamed party I am familiar with, we have numbers on all the hoardings and let the Returning Officer know before e-day which ones have been stolen so if they do turn up on e-day we can prove it was not us.

For yes that has happened before Dim.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 11:03am
Graeme Edgeler

Um, the law.

But in reality, nothing.

I’m pretty sure it’s going to happen somewhere, but it won’t be a political party doing it – just like how you’re not allowed to vandalise hoardings – it happens, but it ain’t official…
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 11:11am
absurd law

Are you also aware that it is illegal to have a bumper sticker for any party or candidate on your own car unless you hide your car from public view? Where is the outrage over such a stupid, silly, absurd, ridiculous example of nannyism?

I would like to see this challenged in court as a violation of an individuals freedom of speech. It would be good if that concept had any support in NZ but apparently it doesn’t.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 12:08pm
span(ner in the works)

I noticed an classified in the public notices section of our local paper yesterday from a local candidate for Destiny stating that he and his party had made every endeavour to get all of their material down by midnight Friday and would not take any responsibility for anything that turned up today. Not sure if that would be enough to get you off the hook.

Bumper stickers are ridiculous – you are supposed to “cover them up”. what a crock.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 12:21pm
david@tokyo

Seems like a load of crap to me too – why, even on David’s blog you only have to scroll down half a page to see a large banner clearly in support of one particular party, and against another particular party.
Is the defense that the image was posted prior to election day? Why doesn’t the law require that be taken down as well?

At least for physical party billboards it does make some sense, in that if it wasn’t required by law for them to be removed, they might be left to cause an environmental hazard later, but otherwise I don’t see the point…
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 12:38pm
Lin Nah

So what does happen with the billboard that are taken down? Are they taken to the tip? or is it stored to be reused next time? Problem with latter is you end up with lots of billboards taking up storage space.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 1:01pm
Dave

Is the defense that the image was posted prior to election day? Why doesn’t the law require that be taken down as well?

Any material published on a website before Midnight can stay there, but nothing new that could be construed as advertising can’t be posted until after 7pm.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 1:06pm
Mr K

To be honest, I’m completely mystified as to why you can’t have billboards up on polling day. Can anyone explain the rationale behind their prohibition to me?

Thanks in advance.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 4:13pm
GPT

My bumper stickers are masked up for the day.
0 0
Report
September 17, 2005 5:05pm

« I’ve voted

Elections are good for blogs »

Donations

You can now donate to Kiwiblog

Exclusive content from DPF on Patreon

Become a Patron!

Never miss a post

Email Address

Join 37.4K other subscribers

Highlights

Health Target 5 – elective treatments
Health Target 4 – Specialist appointments
Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times
Health Target 2 – Immunisations

Top Stories

General Debate 22 November 2024
General Debate 23 November 2024
The newest Green MP
Do the KCs believe in democracy
Can we afford such generous research leave?
Secret lawyers
A cunning plan?
Hot off the Press: Term 3 School Attendance Data
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers
Who are the major emitters?

Recent Posts

RANZ Update 23 November 2024
Who are the major emitters? 23 November 2024
A whale on a prediction market 23 November 2024
General Debate 23 November 2024 23 November 2024
Can we afford such generous research leave? 23 November 2024
Secret lawyers 22 November 2024
Do the KCs believe in democracy 22 November 2024
The newest Green MP 22 November 2024
About time 22 November 2024
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers 22 November 2024
General Debate 22 November 2024 22 November 2024
A cunning plan? 22 November 2024

Recent Comments

RANZ Update
Souvlaki
General Debate 23 November 2024
Yvette
Who are the major emitters?
bythesea
General Debate 23 November 2024
AitchW
General Debate 23 November 2024
MCōs
Who are the major emitters?
Benedict Yu
Who are the major emitters?
judith8409121
Who are the major emitters?
judith8409121
RANZ Update
Grizz
Can we afford such generous research leave?
Nigel
Can we afford such generous research leave?
tas
General Debate 23 November 2024
NeverMindTheBollocks
Who are the major emitters?
LCI
General Debate 23 November 2024
Steve Otto(North Shore)
Who are the major emitters?
kowtow

Links

Derek Mackie: For what it's worth
Breaking Views
Treaty Principles Debate
NZCPR
€ 500 Billion for Coal and Gas Seems Expensive
No Minister
Word of the day
Hompaddock
Much ado about cussing…
Point of Order
Attorney-General and Chief Justice reveal contrasting visions of judicial power
Utopia
A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
The Standard
You all understand these gang patch bans will get challenged in Court right?
The Daily Blog
Justice in Brazil
No Right Turn
"Seymour is only doing openly what M?ori nationalists and their Pakeha allies have been doing, quietly for the past 50 years."
Not PC
The transgender agenda sunk Kamala
Bob McCoskrie's McBlog
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
No Punches Pulled (Bob Jones)
What does “reciprocity” mean in New Zealand laws?
Croaking Cassandra
Media Link: “A View from Afar” on the US elections.
Kiwipolitico
This will not end well
Offsetting Behaviour
Top 14 Predictions for Round 10
Stats Chat
Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet
The Civilian
The Accidental Engagement
Imperator Fish
Legal Beagle: Election '23: The Special Votes
Public Address
Making this movie might have been a mistake
Liam Hehir
Why I am retiring from political blogging
Kiwi FireWalker
Angie Warren-Clark: Meet the Newbies
Dan Moskovitz

editor@kiwiblog.co.nz

PO Box 12270, Thorndon, Wellington 6144

Facebook
Twitter
FourSquare
Instagram
LinkedIn
Google+

© 2003-2024 David Farrar

Archives
Disclosure Statement
Editorial Policy
Privacy Policy
Complaints Policy
Comments Policy

Design by cre8d

%d