Random Observations from the South Island

Why did so many candidates forget to take down their billboards by polling day? (This includes you, Mr Milne - I saw two of yours still up on Sunday.) And why hadn't some others still have them up yesterday?

Why is there so many passing bays for Southbound traffic between Kaikoura and Cheviot, but only one for Northbound traffic?

Bloody good stuff that Hutt City residents returned David Ogden. And better still, they put Mr Big Spender back in third place, behind another (reasonably) financially prudent candidate Ray Wallace.

What's the point in the Interislander emailing you to advise the ferry is late? I gave you a cellphone number, you should have texted it.