Wow! What a night!

150 protesters, 90% Maori, 20 police, a full house of supporters for Julian and his team inside the building.

The gate into the property was high and made of steel. Protesters tried to block this entrance so that those who had come to hear could not get in.

The police did their best to make a way for these people to enter the meeting, but it was difficult.

Our team at this gate had to literally pull people by their clothing to get them through the protesters. A rugby scrum!

Many of those who came to hear Julian were elderly but they handled it so well. They were invariably brave and courageous!

We find out later that quite a few people who wanted to get in, couldn’t. Free speech is no longer in New Zealand.

Julian’s car, outside the building and in the carpark where the protesters were, incurred damage.

The Maori protesters used marker pens to deface the artwork on his car, and some of the signage was pulled off. Other parts of the car were heavily scratched.

Two of the tyres on his car were let down by the protesters.

This meant that when Julian went to leave, he couldn’t.

The AA was called to help pump up the tyres, but then could not get there for an hour.

Meanwhile, the protesters would not leave until Julian left.

They were waiting for him with eager anticipation, all 150 of them.

To get Julian out of the event was quite an ordeal.

12 police had to surround him and Jackie (the event co-organiser) in a circle, each policeman holding the belt of the policeman in front.

So what you had was a circle of 12 police with Julian and Jackie in the middle of that circle.

At a command, the police shuffled forward slowly, through the 150 protesters. The protesters would have been 15 deep all around this circle.

They were hurling abuse and threats at Julian.

Slowly, ever so slowly, the police made their way to Jackie’s car.

Other police were already at the car, surrounding it too.

This meant that when Julian arrived at the car, he and Jackie were able to get in to it, fully protected by the police.

Really, the police did well.

Julian and Jackie then drove off, through the crowd, with the police pushing protesters away.

When Julian arrived at the place where he was staying he had to wait an hour for the AA to arrive. By now it was 1am.

At 1am Jackie and Julian drove back to the venue, to meet with the AA, who promptly pumped up the tyres.

Together, Julian and Jackie attended to the meeting room, vacuuming and cleaning, plus putting all Julian’s gear into his car.

By the time this was all done, it was 2am.

The AA man wanted some booklets as he was fully behind our cause!

Jackie and Chris and their team did a fabulous job! Amazing dedication to the cause.

You can watch video footage of the event HERE

Julian received a letter recently from the Electoral Commission.

Really, the author, Kristina Temel, was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Among other things, she claimed the booklet was discouraging people from voting for the Labour Party and The Maori Party!

Hard to believe, but true.

You can read the letter HERE

I would encourage you to write to Ms Temel and let her know your views.