Fringe candidates do the hard yards in election campaign

Published: 8:40AM Friday September 19, 2014 Source: ONE News

Candidates outside of the mainstream are grateful not to be "thrown off porches" when campaigning their off-beat ideas to the nation.

While the major players in the election indulge in a well publicised campaign, other candidates have been doing the hard yards pitching their ideas around the country.

Communist League candidate Felicity Coggan says she's happy not to have been "thrown off porches" as she contests the general election in the Manukau East electorate.

"I think it's necessary to reform society," she told TV ONE's Breakfast programme. "You can either choose to reform the system or you can choose to change it".

In the Nelson electorate, a retired airline pilot who lives on a house boat has been busy spreading his gospel of 'free money'.

Richard Osmaston regularly takes to the streets to share the doctrine of the Money Free Party .

"Everything is free, if you don't want to work, don't. Everything is free and everything is voluntary," he said.

Independent candidate and part-time SPCA worker Amanda Vickers says she will continue her quest to contest the election from the Otaki electorate as long as "money is privatised".

"I won't be resting until the monetary system is reformed," she told Breakfast.

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Fringe candidates do the hard yards in election campaign