I remember a particular shunning of the blue collar worker (I believe it was called the Waitakere Man) prior to the campaign. The blue collar worker found in Wiri, Takanini, East Tamaki, the Airport and Penrose of which are all our big industrial estates and historically natural Labour strongholds. However, this seems no longer as the social conservative vote either went to NZ First or even National.

Labour have a lot to do to become an effective opposition for which our democracy so needs in order to contest ideas.

It will be interesting to see where things go but at the moment National are on a solid foundation for its fourth term