Kelvin Davis and Jacinda Ardern at Parliament yesterday. Photo: Getty ImagesThe "Jacinda effect" has brought in more than $100,000 and 600 new volunteers for Labour in 24 hours, the party's new deputy leader Kelvin Davis says. Mr Davis also said his selection as deputy on Tuesday - the first Maori to hold the role - had galvanised Maori. Half of the donations came from people Labour had never heard from before, he said. The flood of donations to Labour was more than matched by two large donations declared by National yesterday, which totalled $168,000.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2017 00:22 UTC