Honestly knows nothing and admits zero experience
WAITAKI
IF you’re tired of election candidates who overpromise and underdeliver, then Waitaki candidate Daniel Shand might be the man for you.
The candidate, whose first billboard has gone up in Wanaka this weekend, says he doesn’t know anything about politics but is keen to give it a go.
In a letter to the Waitaki electorate, which has also been posted on the ‘‘Vote Daniel Shand’’ Facebook page, the candidate says he currently has no positions.
‘‘I’ll make something up later. Politicians don’t normally do what they say anyway,’’ he wrote in his letter to voters.
‘‘Ring me up and tell me what you want and I’ll probably just do that,’’ the aspiring MP added.
‘‘I don’t know anything about politics, but as this never stops anyone else from getting involved in government — so I’ll give it a go. It seems the less experience you have the better you’ll do. I probably have the least experience of anyone running so perhaps this will give me some kind of advantage.’’
Mr Shand (37) said he would be putting more campaign billboards up over the next few days and would also announce a tour of the different towns in his electorate so he could talk to people about his campaign.
‘‘I’m not going to give any speeches, I don’t want to tell people what to do. I want them to tell me what to do,’’ Mr Shand told the Herald.
Mr Shand ran for the local council in the Whanganui District, where he promised he’d make ‘‘everything better’’.
Now after a few months in the Waitaki district, he continues his political aspirations, hoping people will vote him in on September 19.
‘‘I might meet a few new people and maybe a nice girl. So if you’re not interested in voting me into Parliament maybe we could go out for a coffee instead,’’ he said. — The New Zealand Herald