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2014 General Election
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Anjum Rahman
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Dame Jenny Shipley
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Elizabeth McComb
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Female MPs
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Helen Clark
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Mabel Howard
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SMOG
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Tamati Coffey
A certain aspiring MP in a provincial seat in the central North Island can't take a trick at the moment; a reader has just sent us this:
Here's the Herald story showing the word that Tamati Coffey left out:
New Zealand could soon have its first female Muslim MP.
The Herald on Sunday understands Hamilton chartered accountant Anjum Rahman performed well at a recent Labour Party conference, and is expected to be ranked inside the party's top 30 candidates for the September 20 general election.
In 2011, Raymond Huo was number 21 — the lowest ranked Labour candidate to win a list seat.
Labour Party president Moira Coatsworth and general-secretary Tim Barnett did not respond to calls from the Herald on Sunday. However, Rahman, 47, this week said: "Who told you that?
"I don't have expectations but I'm working to get as high as I can. The list is decided by a whole lot of people in a couple of weeks."
In the meantime, here's a history lesson for Mr Coffey. New Zealand's first female MP was Elizabeth McComb, elected in 1933. New Zealand's first female Cabinet Minister was Mabel Howard, and New Zealand has had two female Prime Ministers, Dame Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark.
We'll apologise to Rex/Edward/Judge now for being the hall monitor again, but clearly Mr Coffey didn't take heed of the advice we gave him yesterday; type, read, read again then tweet.
If Tamati Coffey is going to continue making gaffes on social media, we will continue to declare them SMOG's (Social Media Own Goals). And at the moment, Tamati is in the running for the Golden Boot award for most goals (into his own net) for the 2014 General Election!
