silicon_based_life makes the following speech to supporters at the Riverside Park in Taupō.

"Greetings, friends and followers of the Opportunities Party, and also of my campaign. I am proud to be making this speech today by the shores of the Waikato river, at it's outlet from Lake Taupō. This river is a beautiful piece of New Zealand nature, but by the time it reaches Hamilton from here, it is dirty and clogged with run-off pollutants, primarily from Dairy farms. It is a sad fact of New Zealand life that our beautiful rivers have ended up in this situation, but at the same time, it feels helpless - to kill the source of the pollutants of these rivers would be to kill the lifeblood industry of New Zealand. Farming. That's why the Opportunities Party and myself have come up with the innovative idea of a nitrate pricing scheme. Farmers can trade nitrate credits on an internal market, giving them an incentive to reduce the pollution level of their farms, but not bankrupting them in the process."

"It is solutions like this, innovative solutions that balance the needs of the industrialised regions with those of the intellectual cities, that have characterised my time as MP for Whanganui and my campaign this election season. As a child of the provinces, but a typical denizen of the cities, I understand this struggle better than most, and have constantly fought to bridge the gap between these two worlds within New Zealand. My policies reflect this fight. The intersection of New Zealand life is my domain, and by electing me as your MP for Whanganui this general election, you vote to support my ways and methods of doing things. In Parliament I have always kept the needs of the electorate at the back of my mind, even when flying high as the minister of finance and deputy prime minister. This can be seen in how the policy of the government always made room for the people of Whanganui, as well as the other people living in the regions who may otherwise have been sceptical of a Greens-led governing arrangement."

"Whanganui is perhaps the most diverse electorate in New Zealand. Encompassing everything from Raglan to Palmerston North, from tiny towns to decent cities, from gang hideouts to thriving economies, from expansive national parks to imposing oil industries, it really has it all. My platform has always been to represent everyone equally, and to reconcile the frictions between the opposites and contradictions in this heartland of New Zealand. I am proud to say that my record upholds this platform. So this election, vote silicon for Whanganui, and as your incumbent, I will continue my consistent unifying work to make New Zealand a better place to live in, as an economy and as a community."