Cambridge pensioner Brian Dunstan gets his vote in 15 minutes before time. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
The last person to vote in Cambridge was Pip Roderick who arrived very flustered just after 11.55am.
“I leapt out of the shower and into the car and came in from Karāpiro,” she said.
“I knew what I was doing, I’ve done a lot of research.”
Pip had been away with her grandchildren during the holidays and they kept asking her when she was going to vote.
Brian Dunstan, a regular letter writer to The News, posted his and his wife’s vote at 11.45am.
Others came after him – a young couple, a woman who said: “Don’t want to do anything ahead of time,” and a woman who had come in from Te Miro who was keen to set an example for her children.
Spare a thought for the man who pulled up at 12.02pm with two envelopes. His wife had told him to get them in before noon but he missed out.
To keep him out of trouble, we’ll keep his identity to ourselves…
Karāpiro woman Pip Roderick is the last one to get her vote in at the Waipā District Council Service Centre just before midday. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
