A nice bit of punnery in our other election this year: 'Manufestos and wings': The new twist in this month's Bird of the Year competition:
this year, the avian election comes with a twist - Aotearoa's manu have been sorted into six different political parties - the shore birds, the floor birds, the tree birds, the sea birds, the high birds and the shy birds. …
"They're not arranged along traditional human political lines in our election," Toleman said. "Every candidate has a left wing and a right wing and each party has a manufesto.
"Like with any election there could be scandal along the way, we expect some ruffled feathers around the house."