“And this government’s turning out no different. “Have you ever known politicians to keep their promises? I’ve been around a long time and I haven’t,” Pfahlert says. With the next election just seven months away, some members of Labour’s loyal base are questioning the government’s ability to improve the status quo. And it is here that it is beginning to alienate its once-loyal fans.ĭenis Pfahlert, 92, has voted Labour all his life and says the government has made the mistake of politicians the world over – it has over-promised and under-delivered. It was on the west coast that the party celebrated its centenary. The residents who live at the home in the West Coast region are overwhelmingly Labour supporters, with backgrounds in mining and lifetime union affiliation. The South Island district is a Labour party stronghold, and the party was born up the road at the Blackball pub 100 years ago. I t’s time for morning tea at the Allen Bryant retirement home in Hokitika, New Zealand, and a rattling tea cart is doing the rounds as the 50 residents talk politics.
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