Party Blog
Labour puts the FUN into fundraising
Dianna Snaddon | 17th October 2009 | 11:24 pm
True to form, the Labour Party continue to come up with innovative ideas to put the fun into fundraising by organising events that make the hard task of raising money into great social occasions
The East Coast Bays, Ohariu and Waimakariri Electorates have each come up with some great fundraisers covering action on the water, great food and team camaradarie.
On Saturday 24th October, at 2.00pm the East Coast Bays LEC are making the "offer of a lifetime" - the opportunity to secure your very own ride on the bio-fuelled boat Earthrace. Earthrace is an amazing powerboat that holds the record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe (60 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes), which was completed in June 2008. She now has a new mission;To work with Sea Shepherd on marine conservation. Earthrace is one of the most amazing vessels ever built. She is a wavepiercer, and can submarine up to 7m (23ft) underwater. She can travel over 13,000 nautical miles (over half way around the planet) on one tank of fuel....And she runs 100% biodiesel made from sustainable sources. Tickets are just $100.00 and available from Viv Goldsmith 09 442-1572 or 021 12279 or email goldsmith@vodafone.co.nz. Be in quick, there are only eight places left.
Ohariu Labour presents their "End of Winter Dinner and Auction" - their major fundraiser for the year - at 7.00pm on Thursday 29 October 2009. Once again it is going to take the form of a delicious Indian dinner, being held at the home of Ash Basin, the Country Club, Ohariu Valley Road. The guest speaker is Parliament's newest MP, David Shearer, fresh from a stunning by-election win in Mt Albert having only a few months earlier returned from his very important role with the UN in Iraq. he LEC also hope to launch the first of their new branch networks at this event, and will also hear an update from their own MP, Labour's Climate Change Spokesperson, Charles Chauvel. ickets are $75 per person, and include the event, the meal, and a welcome drink. Tickets are already selling fast so please be sure to contact David Hollander by phoning 021 892 882 to buy yours.
Waimakariri LEC are having a Quiz Night on Monday 16 November at the The Peg Tavern, Belfast. from 7.00 to 9.30pm $20.00pp or a Team of 6. The event is being organised by Heather Mannix, phone 03 9813073 or 027 3600228 for tickets. If you can’t get a team together, don't worry they will have a team for you.
Labour News 102 - Thanks to everyone who helped make conference so great
Jenny Michie | 9th October 2009 | 1:15 am
Over 600 delegates attended last months Labour Party Annual Conference at the stunning Rotorua Events Centre. It was a big success with great workshop that got everybody buzzing and thinking, inspiring speakers, wonderful atmosphere and it was great to see democracy in action with a card vote during the remit session.
Over 600 delegates attended last months Labour Party Annual Conference at the stunning Rotorua Events Centre. It was a big success with great workshop that got everybody buzzing and thinking, inspiring speakers, wonderful atmosphere and it was great to see democracy in action with a card vote during the remit session.
Thank you to everyone who helped make conference such a success.
People who helped run Workshops: David Cunliffe, Jordan Carter, Annette King, David Craig, David Parker, Jeremy Greenbrook, Jo Bartley, Richard Northey, Erin Ebborn Gillespie, Lianne Dalziel, Rob Egan, Martin Ward, Rajen Prasad, Len Brown, Mike Lee, Phil Twyford, Andy Linton, Su'a William Sio, Rochelle Rees, Pete Hodgson, Jill Ovens, Patrick Leyland and Bronwyn Presland.
And a special thanks to people from outside the Party who came and made the workshops challenging and often surprising:
Lachlan Mackenzie from Fed Farmers, businessman Selwyn Pellet, Steven Miles and Nick Moraitis from Australia, Monsignor David Cappo from Adelaide, Professor Ralph Chapman, Lewis Holden from the Republican Movement and Don Christie President of the Open Source Society. The Fringe workshops were great and we'll certainly be incorporating them into future conferences. I couldn't mention the Open Source workshop without acknowledging one of the youngest conference delegates, eight year old Jackson Lacy, who wowed the other workshop participants with his enthusiasm and amazing knowledge of the inner workings of open source.
Thank you to our powerful and inspiring speakers: Rotorua Mayor Kevin Winters,host MP Steve Chadwick, Party President Andrew Little, South Australian Premier Mike Rann (I've got a hard copy of his speech if anyone wants one), CTU President Helen Kelly, Labour Leader Phil Goff and Deputy Leader Annette King. And who could forget Mike Williams' gold badge presentation with the wonderful 'good bastard' speech from Pete Hodgson?
Thanks too to Trevor Maxwell and his kapa haka group, the Fraser House team, Rosemary Cathcart and the Rotorua LEC for putting on a great dinner for us (even though the ABs didn't win), our event producer Romola Lang and her team for another great conference. I'd like to acknowledge the Sector Council heads for their role in keeping the Party in good shape. Thank you to our fabulous MC Darren Hughes, where would we be without you? To Therese McCrea from Palmy for giving us the marvellous Labour Cake - you are a decorating genius and we loved it! A debt of gratitude to Philippa Burns for 'selling' the Labour Party Packs and the Dick Frizzel poster all weekend with such panache and a special thank you to our beautiful flower girl Charlotte Agnew-Harrington and my hardworking minions, the Lesperance kids. Thanks, you were a treat!
And a big thankyou to photographer John Chapman who was flat out all weekend taking hundreds of photos. A selection of conference photos is available at Grassroots Labour (which now has 954 members so if 6 of you could join right now to make it an even thousand, that would be good!). If John took your photo and you'd like a copy just email me jenny.michie@labour.org.nz
And for those of you who went to conference and would like to give us some feedback, here's a quick survey form you can fill in to help us make Annual Conferences even better.
Labour News 102 - Labour Weekend Parties
Jenny Michie | 9th October 2009 | 1:11 am
We've come up with a fun and easy way for members and supporters to help raise money and have a good time with people they like - the Labour Weekend Party
Labour's Labour Weekend PartyAll across the country, Labour supporters will be hosting get-togethers or parties over Labour Weekend (Oct 24 to Oct 26), the long weekend brought to you by the Labour movement. This is a great way for you to be involved in a Labour Party event (maybe for the first time). We will supply all the invitations and information that you will need and even a DVD that you can play at the event. There is also a great prize for the lucky Party Host.
All of the people who are hosting parties will go into a draw to win a special prize - the winner will get to have Labour leader Phil Goff as your special guest. We'll draw the lucky winner on Thursday 15 October. Read more and order your Party Pack
We're asking each electorate to give 10 parties or raise $1000. The parties can be any format; breakfast, brunch, lunch, a picnic at the beach, a barbie or a formal dinner. They can be any size - some electorates are just having one large party with over 100 people, some are holding over ten parties.
10 x $10 x 10 x 70 = $70,000
The host asks at least 10 people to come along and then the guests are asked to give $10 to the Labour Party fund. That's $100 per party, $1000 per electorate and $70,000 all up.
The Party Pack
Each Party host gets a Party Pack that includes:
· Preprinted invitations and envelopes
· Menu ideas from celebrity chef Lois Daish
· DVD of Labour Leader Phil Goff and Party President Andrew Little welcoming guests and asking for the $10 donation
· A special Labour money box
Establishing an annual event
This will be a regular event on Labour's fundraising calendar.
What to do now
Get in touch with jenny.michie@labour.org.nz or 04 384 7649 and we'll send you a party pack.
The DVD of Phil Goff and Andrew Little will be sent to all Party Hosts and Key Organisers so it's important that we know who is hosting them.
