Green Party members were out around Auckland this morning smoothing things over with their political rivals by removing stickers from National Party campaign billboards which were defaced over the weekend.
About 700 National Party billboards around the country had stickers bearing slogans such as "The Rich Deserve More" and
"Drill it! Mine It! Sell it!" attached to them over the weekend in a well organised attack led by former Green Party member Jolyon White.
Mr White was identified as the organiser of the action after giving an anonymous interview on National Radio. His voice was recognised by Green Party members and staff.
In an embarrassment to Greens co-leader Russel Norman, Mr White's partner Anne Heins is Dr Norman's executive assistant and she was aware of the plan for weeks but said nothing to her boss until questioned yesterday.
The action has further embarrassed Dr Norman and the Greens, coming as the party's work to position itself as a moderate responsible alternative to the two major parties appeared to bear fruit in the form of historically high polling.
