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Welcome, everyone

This blog was set up as a place for expression of my personal political views in New Zealand. 

I originally intended it to be an open blog but now it appears that blogging is the only way the ordinary New Zealander can lawfaully publish his or her own thoughts without falling foul of this anti-democratic "electoral finance act" and having to jump through restrictive government hoops simply to express one's opinion.

For the record my original intention (in October 2005, just after the last election) was that it might
(1) encourage New Zealand Christians to persist in lobbying politicians - both local and central government
(2) encouraging New Zealand Christians to become more personally involved in their communities (whether you call that politics or not!)
(3) encouraging reconciliation and constructive political dialogue among Christians. Why this blog, here and now?
Most Political Parties appear to have a well-organised websites pushing their official policies and candidates in the election were sometimes instructed to stick to the party line. As a consequence there was not really a forum in which some deeply-felt political views could be discussed. I hope this will be such a forum.

If anyone wants to submit opinions to be placed on this blog, please do not abuse others or use offensive language. As site owner I must also absolutely forbid slander, libel or defamatory comments. If you see any such comments posted, please contact me immediately and I will attempt to remove them.