Small parties tread a large stage Hum estimates that based on New Zealand's two-million-strong electorate and past election turnouts of 60 %, 1.2 million votes will be cast nationwide. New Zea land's non-indigenous ethnic minorities, including Polynesians, Chinese, Indians and others, number half a million, but "we only need 60,000 votes to clear the 5 % barrier and get MPs into Parliament."
據他估計，紐西蘭有兩百萬選民，以過去百分之六十的投票率，全國會投下一百二十萬張票；而紐西蘭的少數民族，包括波里尼西亞人、華人、印度人等，共有五十萬人，「我們只要有六萬張票，就可以跨過百分之五的門檻，送代表進國會。」