Benee, aka Stella Bennett, 20, said she was “so excited” to get to vote for the first time this year. Photo / File
Auckland pop sensation Benee has a simple message for her fellow first-time voters: “Just get out and vote.”
It’s a sentiment the 20-year-old shares regularly on social media, and in her recently-resumed live shows.
And in a year that has seen youth-led climate strikes, Black Lives Matter protests explode across the globe, Covid-19, and the homegrown cannabis referendum, other youth have been responding enthusiastically to the call.
Benee, whose non-stage name is Stella Bennett, said she’d been excited for a long time about finally getting to vote.
But when it came to the actual day, she was “so nervous” she had to bring her mum along for support.
“I don’t know why, it just felt like I was doing something really important.
“Afterwards though was such a great feeling, knowing you’ve done something productive.”
Benee, who lives in the Mt Albert electorate held by Prime Minister…
