As the early bird rate expires on Friday, I registered Matt's and my attendance at this years Forum on the Family. Being election year, the line up is mostly politicians all keen to vote catch but of the array of political parties being billed, one is most conspicuously absent.

Can you spot which one? Its a fairly major ommission and I bet the ommission is not on the part of the organisers.

To save you having to squint, here is the line up from left to right (on the advertisement, obviously):

Pita Sharples - Maori Party

John Key - National

Rodney Hide - Act

Winston Peters - NZ First

Peter Dunne - United Future

Jeanette Fitzsimons - Green Party

Larry Baldock - Kiwi Party

Taito Phillip Field - NZ Pacific

Richard Lewis - Family Party

(The absentee I am speaking of is not Jim Anderton of Progressive who isn't listed but really who cares that he's not?)

Regardless it will still be a great event, last year was very worthwhile though it is a wee bit disappointing to hear that David Farrar of Kiwiblog (a fellow Student Choicer from back in the day) will not be speaking this year as has been rumoured about the blogosphere but I am looking forward to it and have September 8 circled on my calendar.