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.