The Guest Speaker: Glen Bennett, N.P. Labour Party Candidate was introduced by Harry Duynhoven.
Glen had his first taste of MMP back in 1996 as a young man in Wellington when he and his friends did the rounds of the various parties on night, changing the colour of their rosettes as they moved around.
He has been using his skills as a Barista in his current campaign seeking to become the New Plymouth M.P. Whilst doing this he has been learning about the issues within our community.
Glen has a deep seated foundation of community involvement from a young age with his parents being staunch Salvation Army people.
He has been a foster parent to many young folk over the years and has taken some especial pleasure in seeing some of them go on to make a real success of their lives despite their early difficult years
Glen would like to see town and country working a lot closer together especially in the environment as one example.
He had a pivotal moment as an eight year boy, when with his mother they went to an old smelly dump in Onehanga to visit a young woman with a child. They were living in a horrible old workers hut at the back of the dump.
He decided then, that was wrong, and that was not the way people should be living in N.Z.
At the end of his talk he answered several questions and was duly thanked by Des Friedrich on behalf of the Club.
