Polit­ic­al Speed Dat­ing comes to Wel­ling­ton next Wed­nes­day. Pro­moted by the PSA, a group of uni­ons and com­munity organ­isa­tions* have joined togeth­er to bring you a “fun, fast and furi­ous” even­ing of polit­ic­al debate.

Mem­bers of uni­ons and com­munity organ­isa­tions will be speak­ing about their exper­i­ences and ask­ing party spokespeople to respond to their ques­tions on issues includ­ing:

– Wel­fare, inequal­ity and a liv­ing wage
– Pub­lic ser­vices, health and early child­hood edu­ca­tion
– Dis­abled people’s issues
– Fam­ily carers & paid work
– ACC

The spokespeople, wrangled on the night by MC Ian Har­court, are:

Grant Robertson MP – Labour
Gareth Hughes MP – Green
Clin­ton Dear­love – Mana
Paul Foster-Bell – Nation­al
Robin Gun­ston – United Future
Steph­en Whit­ting­ton – ACT

5.30, Wed­nes­day 9 Novem­ber, St John’s Con­fer­ence Centre Wil­lis Street. Entry by gold coin koha.

* The PSA, Carers NZ, People First Nga Tangata Tua­tahi, New Zea­l­and Nurses Organ­isa­tion, Ser­vice and Food Work­ers Uni­on, FIRST Uni­on, NZ Edu­ca­tion­al Insti­tute, Auck­land Dis­ab­il­ity Law, ACC Futures Coali­tion, Dis­abled People’s Assembly, Bene­fi­ciary Advocacy Fed­er­a­tion of NZ, Work­ing Women’s Resource Centre, Poverty Action Waikato, and the Wel­ling­ton Coun­cil of Social Ser­vices.