Rachel Jones, Labour
Labour's campaign has supported local businesses. While our signs come from head office in Wellington, we sourced the frame materials from local suppliers and have used Kale print for our candidate fliers.
We have advertised in the local papers and buy all our stationery locally.
Labour has made a commitment to hire out local venues like the Wesley Centre and the Tauranga RSA for meetings.
We also have been having regular coffee mornings at Cafe Villagio in Greerton. Whenever an MP comes to town, we take them to a local cafe for lunch.
A few weeks ago Zest in Greerton fed David Cunliffe and a host of supporters, last week we had David Parker at Bravo in Red Square, and this week we will be eating at the Mount with Grant Robertson.
Clayton Mitchell, New Zealand First
We have been supporting local businesses throughout this campaign.
We have utilised the team at Sign Creations, also the Sign Centre on Newton St. They have all been fantastic.
We have also advertised through local media and radio stations.
Local businesses have also been very supportive of us letting us put up flyers and hoardings.
We also have a very dedicated team of volunteers and researchers. We have volunteers that man our headquarters and answer the phones, as well as volunteers who run our pop-up shop and some who also visit the weekend markets.
Stuart Pedersen, Act
Unlike some other parties, ACT does not have a multi-millionaire backer. So we do not have large budgets to spend locally and we have not been able to support local businesses a great deal. Some local radio and press ads, and billboard materials are about it.
For ACT it's been a case of "What can I do for my party", not "what can my party do for me?" We have a strong group of local supporters who have volunteered their time, and where possible, donated goods and services to help us. An example is the big billboard on top of the Hewletts Road flyover, courtesy of Fuel Agency.
Politics should be a contest of ideas for better public policy, not for the biggest bribe. Our election campaign has been fun, but it has not been a lolly scramble. We are sadly the only party who can say this.
Michael O'Neill, New Zealand Independent Coalition
Yes, NZ Independent Coalition had all marketing design creations produced by Scribbles Graphics (now resident in Tauranga), the print of brochures by Kale Print and our billboards produced by Signs & Autographics from Mount Maunganui.
We have also used local radio providers and Joanne and Rob McGregor (Mount Maunganui) for television commercial work.
James Maxwell, United Future
United Future is committed to representing local people and local businesses.
That is why we have invited key Kiwis in Tauranga to make a stand by displaying our party material that you will see around town.
Our policy on making wholesome foods accessible to all socioeconomic levels means our posters are in greengrocers and supporting our migrant community they display positive posters of party support so their voices can be heard.
Because we want Tauranga to have a United Future.
Rusty Kane, Independent
Yes, with signage and custom. You may have noticed I have posters up in a lot of local businesses windows all around the Tauranga electorate. In small local businesses that support me and I in return support them.
Mainly businesses in hospitality, restaurants and cafes.
Greens candidate Ian McLean, Conservative candidate Nathaniel Heslop, Maori party candidate Verna Ohia-Gate and independent candidate Yvette Lamare did not respond to our request.
