Written By: - Date published: 4:34 pm, December 19th, 2007 - 92 comments
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Tags: dpf, national
There’s plenty of comment about Davey’s/National’s Billboards here and at Blogblog so I’ll not bore you with my analysis of these dreadful things. ‘Cos as you know I’m a man who likes to know what things cost.
And guess what? I’ve done quite a few billboards and if Dave’s getting them for $7000, then he’s getting a deal fo’sure.
From the pictures it looks like he’s doing a 12x3m in Auckland, and two 6x3m boards in Wellington and Tauranga respectively. I priced these using oggi’s brilliant locater tool and got the following:
Auckland 12×3 corner of Carbine Road and South Eastern Highway: $5000 per month with oggi.
Wellington Central City 6×3 – $3500 with oggi (I couldn’t find the exact site but the CBD boards are all very similarly priced)
Tauranga – Hewletts Road 6×3 – $3000 with isite.
Now I’ve used isite and oggi because they are the ones with prices on their sites but in my experience Look are around the same price. Now these add up to $11500 which is a lot more than David’s claim of $7000. When you add between $300-$600 to install these billboards and $500+ to get the skins made up then he’s spending some serious money here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not begrudging Dave spending his own money (well, the money of Don Brash and assorted National/Act party operators and Kiwiblog rabble) but his numbers don’t add up unless he got a really really good deal and I’ve never been able to get a 40% discount from any billboard company or ad-buyer I’ve ever used.
As an aside it’s probably worth noting the Kill the Bill campaign has a little under $7000 on its donations list.
UPDATE: Kiwiblogblog’s catalogued DPF’s five different stories in the last 24 hours on exactly how much the campaign cost.
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One News also helpfully had (file) footage of Don Brash and Roger Kerr, who were supposed to be hiding in a cave until after the election, but have been put back in the media spotlight, not by the forces of Helengrad, but by this stupid campaign. That’s quite an own goal.
As for Prophet’s um, prophecies, the more the merrier. So CYFSwatch are going down the same track? Good.
A year of re-packaging National with car rides for kids and statesmanlike smacking compromises and DVDs … all going to be wasted as the frothing fringe surfaces in election year.
Yes, Labour are in trouble. But here comes the far right to save them. That’s Key’s nightmare, not Clark’s.
At Radio NZ:
“Mr Farrar says the three billboards cost about $15,000, including one month’s rent.”³
was $18K on 1ZB including something like 6 weeks rent.
I was talking to my elderly aunt tonight (xmas phonecalls). She’s a social conservative and has voted National as many time as labour. She watched tv1 tonight ans thought Helen was pretty cool for having a laugh at herself and (interestingly) though the billboards were being put up by national. She said she’s concerned Key will be an embarrassment to the country if he becomes PM. I wonder how many others will be thinking the same.
Tom – you know what problem (oh and your wife sounds like a lovely women, does she swing?)
I agree with all the knickers in a knot lefties on here. It is a bloody disgrace these billboards have been put up. Thank goodness they weren’t funded from the public purse.
Time will tell Mr Smacked, time will tell.
Rob – do as Helen Clark suggested, and donate the money to a Christmas charity
Did she get that idea off Winston or is it the other way round?
Also, little heads up for you guys – Calling everyone that opposes the EFL ‘the frothing fringe’, ‘the far right’ etc etc when there appears to be quite a large cross section of NZ society that does oppose this bill may not be doing your cause much good IMO.
Tom?
Hey Mike, I really hate to suggest this as you normally accuse me of…..well, you know….some inane crap that you think is funny (like SOD?) but – Take ur pills.
I am not Tom, don’t know any Tom’s, don’t have a cat called Tom. This isn’t more of Nih’s detective work is it? He wasn’t very onto it with Robert Owen/DPF/Wiki thing (but then THAT story hasn’t been properly told yet, has it?) so maybe a grain of salt should come into play here if thats the case. If not – Take ur pills.
Does she swing? I’ve seen her knock people out with her shin kicks so the answer would have to be Yes, she does swing. She’s also reading this so I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t make any crude comments. tia.
Now – your dear old aunty aye?, ex nat voter aye?, worried about the embarrassment aye? Well mate, I hate to be so blunt with you but, really your Aunt should be worried about emarrassment’s a little closer to home than JK. Don’t ya think?
Prophet
There may be “quite a large cross section of NZ society that [opposes] this bill” though we’ve no evidence of that, but wait untill they start seeing even dozens of partisan billboards accusing their family members and friends of supporting dictatorship.
Life ain’t a kiwiblog thread and NZ ain’t a big place. And it sure as fuck ain’t anything like North Korea. People notice things like that.
Wow, are you still upset at me for calling you a cocksucker?
Maybe that’s a cue to act less like one. Which you don’t seem to be doing. Stop being a prize cocksucker.
By the way, what’s with the handle? Are you trying to offend Muslims?
Dangerous behaviour.
Well Tom, from the way you behave here I’d say your lovely wife has probably been left a little… let down in certain departments. Tell you what Tom’s wife (if you are indeed reading this) you can email me at mickyporton[]hotmail.com and we’ll look after what’s missing in your life. Leave Tom to his strip bars I say. I think people may be starting to figure out what your problem is, Tom.
…..and the Homophobe rears his ugly head.
That you love to call me a homophobe as an insult clearly indicates I am not one. That’s not very efficient.
You know what would be efficient? Sod and I going to work at either end of your wife. You know, the one you keep bringing up in conversations like a shield against Teh Gay.
Fucking christ you’re a pussy.
Tom, that’s a terrible thing to call Nih. Just because you have some issues about being the bitch in your relationship doesn’t mean you should be transferring your self-loathing onto Nih.
Oh wait, damn, there I go again. I’m being offensive. I’d hate to think there was a bit of the old KB in me.
Please accept my heartfelt apologies. I spoke in anger meant no slight against you or your wife, whom you keep mentioning in otherwise irrelevant context.
We all ok? Buddies?
Hug?
That you love to call me a homophobe as an insult clearly indicates I am not one.
Uh ha. Right, that makes sense.
Sod and I going to work at either end of your wife
You’re very welcome to try Nih. Come on round boy.
Drop an address my good man. Now that everything’s better again we could have a great big love-in.
Actually, there is no mention in the posts that I have read here that points out the Prophet is gay apart from
“…and the Homophobe rears his ugly head.” As you Prophet have indicated, these guys hate gays and fear you, so in turn by calling them homophobes, you just declared yourself gay.
How’s that address coming? I mean, you offered and all. Surely you’re not going to back out now.
Y’know Tom, you keep going on about coming round or catching up but you never actually get in touch maybe your “wife” will be more forthcoming. Oh and Nih, Tom lives in Wellington so his “wife” probably does as well. What does she look like tom?
Captcha is “awkward thickness” – how does it know…?
I don’t think Prophet was being serious when he invited us over.
Maybe he’s scared something will happen. After all his bullshit and abuse I can’t imagine why.
Aww, shit. Still, I’m down that way in the new year.
Still waiting on that address buddy. Let’s make this real.
Sure I was Nih – Now lets find out whose the ‘pussy’
15 Roy St, Newtown
Know where it is? Up by the Zoo.
So, you and Mike coming round tonight?
Mike, nih, you folk are usually great. I don’t know what’s going on here tonight, but I think we’re hitting Kiwiblog lows (for the first time).
Can I suggest calling it quits for tonight?
Look forward to seeing you BIG BOY.
Just ask for Tom.
One thing is for sure, if Banks wasn’t in charge downtown now there would have been an instant inner city billboard ban… Oh, we almost had that under a left leaning mayor didn’t we… kinda cost them the election didn’t it… Keep fighting it IrishBill, your a champion for the left just like Hubbard was.
PS: It’s none of our F-ing business how much private citisens spend to publish their views unless of course you need to keep tabs so that if they cross the $120K threshold you can slap them down and say enough!
You gonna be in Welly bro? We should catch up for a beer. You’ve got my email bro let me know the dates. Maybe Tom’s wife could drop in too.
That’s fucking hilarious. You gigantic coward. You gave away the address of a reverend and marriage celebrant.
I wonder if he knows someone who thinks they’re the one true prophet of god is giving away his address for sex orgies.
Burt – it’s “you’re” the apostrophe signals the loss of the “a” in the contraction of “you are”. Anyway Burt, why do you think DPF lied to you?
Sure thing r0b.
Yeah quieten down you boys. Rob reckons you’re hitting Kiwiblog lows.
We should totally catch up Sod. I’ve got your email address, will drop you a line some time in January.
Prophet – I didn’t try to appeal to your better nature because I didn’t see the point.
But to fellow Standardistas – thanks – let’s try and keep this place as far from the Kiwiblog gutter as possible. It’s in all of our interests in the long run.
Yeah, fair enough rOb bro. Nih. Wellington. Beer. Email me.
Thanks Mike. If I lived in Wellington I’d email you too…
Profit – KB lows ain’t all I’ll be hitting once your wife emails me…
Sorry rOb – it was just too easy. Last one I promise.