Comments on: Dipton Watch

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:39:03 +0000

Wonder what “most weeks” means?
Does his comment alter the living in Wellington as his home? Doubt it.

By: toad

toad — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:15:08 +0000

And from the Southland Times, interviewing Double Dipton:

Mr English said some of the criticism he received over the issue had been unfair. He visited his electorate "most weeks" and brought his family down to Dipton regularly, he said. "They were just down for the school holidays."

Yeah, and when my kids were younger and lived at home I would take them away for a few days during the school holidays if I could get away from work too.

By: Pascal's bookie

Pascal's bookie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:09:36 +0000

geez, wot a suckup!

By: toad

toad — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:04:24 +0000

Here's one. Nat backbencher Aaran Gillmore, interviewed by Scoop:

He's a classic Dipton farmer. He's very calm. He's cautious. It's exactly the type of person you want to have as your Minister of Finance.

By: the sprout

the sprout — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:26:39 +0000

I don’t mean to be rude to a depressed southland town, but Dipton seems about as uplifting as coal.

By: toad

toad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:48:52 +0000

Hey, Dipton's got a lot going for it. Like coal. Bill's trip may be much shorter when that gets underway and they build the Dipton International Airport.

By: Dipton International Airport – where the excavators roar « g.blog

Dipton International Airport – where the excavators roar « g.blog — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:58:57 +0000

[...] Yes, Dipton. Given that you can’t really have lots of people living in a National Park, the ideal location for the administrative centre of operations would have to be Dipton. Dipton could become a real economic powerhouse. [...]

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:27:19 +0000

For clarification, I must say that I should have used quotes to show that all the bits that appear after the heading ‘Digital Dipton will make life easier for Bill English’ was posted by Ernie on that tuanz webpage.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:19:58 +0000

“like using Skype so that I can still do face-to-face meetings, even when I’m in Wellington,” Hey Jim.
Perhaps the last line should have read “….face to face meetings now that I have lived in Wellington for years.” Ha.

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:16:05 +0000

If the previous one is acceptable, would you count this one too? (looks like from a blog than a release or reporter’s piece)

Woohoo! At this rate, I might be able to claim to double dob re digital Dipton…

Digital Dipton will make life easier for Bill English
Posted Tue 18 November 2008 @ 2:17 p.m. by Ernie
http://www.tuanz.org.nz/blog/e379f711-b2b6-4423-9e32-4a8bf9f301db/63918852-4ee8-4589-9015-b73d2cf4553c.html

Bill English is to use Skype to stay in touch with the electorate, the Southland Times reports.

Great! The more senior MPs who rely on broadband, the more awareness of the need to improve the reach and speeds.

Bill will be able to use the SSC’s Fibre Map to check out how his electorate is faring in the fibre race, and his constituents’ can test their actual speeds on this speed test. I’m sure the politically-astute telcos will have mapped his home and made sure it is well served, but the rubber will hit the road when rank and file Southland constituents want to Skype him.

We’ll watch with interest. Its a good plan – other MPs please take note.

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:10:58 +0000

Will the following be acceptable for consideration re Dipton Watch? I do wanna win a cloth cap

Distance no barrier for Bill English
00:35 18/11/2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/722795

Being in charge of two plum ministerial portfolios will mean more time in the Beehive for Mr English, who said he would be calling on internet video technology to make sure his face was still seen regularly in his electorate.
“It’s going to be a challenge, but I’m hoping to try a few experiments, like using Skype so that I can still do face-to-face meetings, even when I’m in Wellington,” he said.

By: Shane Pleasance

Shane Pleasance — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:43:45 +0000

Dipton will need an international airport with all this publicity. With direct flights to Welly…

By: toad

toad — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:40:33 +0000

r0b said: I hope some local entrepreneurs are working out how to make good on all the free publicity.

Bill’s probably got a commission deal with them sorted out already.

By: Tigger

Tigger — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:37:26 +0000

“Mr English flew north from Dipton”

Dipton has an airport? Just how big is that place?

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:49:35 +0000

I think that they rilly do live there. If you look very carefully at the first picture above then you will see 4 of the younger English kids and their dad walking along the side of the road singing a song as they go off together to buy their weekly treat at the store. Bill looks relaxed doesn’t he?
There. A point please.