Surge?

Winston Peters was laughing when he said it, but maybe the fabled New Zealand First surge is actually on?

Sure, going from 1% to 2.4% in the polls is not an avalanche of support, but it is a step in the right direction.

Lawrencebased list MP Mark Patterson has been doing his bit, debating Waitaki National MP Jacqui Dean and her colleague David Bennett and Green MP Eugenie Sage at the High Country Farmers annual conference and the next day popping up in Gore for a tractordriven protest concerning water standards.