Among the line-up of fundraisers in the Dunedin Town Hall lobby was Milton’s Sheila Broderick, selling jam, crochet and knitting.
Mrs Broderick, a Labour Party member, said she regularly raised funds for the party at A&P shows and markets. She had come to the Labour Party conference because "everybody wants to be here".
Mrs Broderick said the jams she was selling were based on recipes from books produced by the Country Women’s Institute (now known as the New Zealand Federation of Women’s Institutes) and a book by New Zealand chef Alison Holst.
"Sometimes I might change a spice or something."
She also sold crochet and knitting in the form of baby booties, blankets and hats.
Clutha-Southland was a "huge electorate" and petrol costs alone needed plenty of funding, she said.
"It’s for the people; it’s about people," she said of the party she supported.
"Business and entrepreneurs are really good, but people are what matters, and looking after them.
"It’s like looking after your family."
