Dear Friend,
📣 Announcement: Hitting the road to Stop David Parker's proposed Central Planning Committees ✋
Thanks to the generous support of thousands of New Zealanders like you, the Taxpayers' Union is hitting to the road to fight David Parker's proposal to replace the Resource Management Act (and your local council) with co-governed Central Planning Committees.
Click here to add your name to Hands Off Our Homes! petition and we'll email you when we're coming to your town or city. <[link removed]>
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With your help, we'll be ensuring local communities know that David Parker is trying to remove planning powers from local democratic control to put them into unaccountable, co-governed, "Three Waters-style" Regional Planning Committees.
We are delighted that nine of these events will be co-hosted with our friends at Federated Farmers <[link removed]>who have also been vocal opponents of these changes which will pile even more costs and red tape onto hard-working New Zealand farmers.
Friend, many councils (plus councillors and Mayors) have not woken up to the fact that these new proposed laws effectively gut the power of elected officials and communities to determine what can be build where.
We have to make sure councils wake up to fight this (like most did for Three Waters) if we are to ensure the public understand what is going on, and force Chris Hipkins to u-turn on this policy before the election.
30 events in 30 towns and cities, starting Monday
We’ve decked out a van with Hands Off Our Homes! branding, teamed up with our friends at Federated Farmers, and will hit the road on Monday for old-fashioned soapbox events and town hall meetings across both islands. We are asking local leaders to come and speak out against David Parker’s power grab.
Our first event is on Monday in Christchurch at 6 pm in the Waimairi Road Community Centre.
We'll be updating the itinerary at www.TaxpayersRoadshow.nz <[link removed]>and on our Facebook page <[link removed]>. We are still adding events so if you're able to help out with an event in your town, please do drop us a line (hit reply to this email).
Friend, if you thought Three Waters was bad, wait til you hear about David Parker's plan to gut the democratic control of what you can build and where
With the election less than 150 days away, it is vital we get the word out on what the Government is trying to sneak through. Come along to hear about what the Central Planning Committees will mean for you and what you can do with your home/business/farm.
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Can't make your local event? You can still do your part to Stop Central Planning Committees
Taking our grassroots campaign on the road means we're relying on you and the tens of thousands who are supporting this effort. Only by working together can we beat the Government's plans to seize planning powers from local communities. Please take a minute to:
>>> Print and post the roadshow poster <[link removed]>on community noticeboards and shop windows (after getting permission, of course!)
>>> Share the poster on Facebook <[link removed]>
>>> Share the official Hands Off Our Homes! petition <[link removed]>
>>> Buy a yard sign <[link removed]>or banner <[link removed]> to display in your garden or at the side of the road (make sure you have permission if it's not on your own land)
>>> Donate to the Stop Central Planning Committees fund <[link removed]> (these RMA reforms will be expensive, but so too is 4,000 kilometres of fuel!)
Most importantly, come and say hi to the team, or pick up a stack of petition pamphlets to deliver to friends and neighbours. We have plenty of Hands Off Our Homes! merchandise and we want you to take it!
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We can’t wait to see you and work together with local communities and mayors to Stop Central Planning Committees.
Thank you for your support.
Jordan Williams
Executive Director
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.
List of events as it stands today:
South Island - Christchurch@ 29 May, 6PM
Waimairi Road Community Centre
166 Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch, 8041
- Rolleston@ 30 May, 10:30AM
56 Tennyson Street, outside the Te Ara Ātea Library
- Ashburton@ 30 May, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Ashburton Club & MSA
115 Racehorse Road, Allenton, Ashburton, 7700
- Wanaka @ 31 May, 12PM
47 Ardmore Street, outside the Council offices
- Alexandra @ 31 May, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Alexandra Community Centre
14/20 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra, 9320
- Balclutha@ 1 June, 11AM
South Otago Town & Country Club
1 Yarmouth Avenue, Balclutha, 9200
- Gore @ 1 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Croydon Lodge - The Trust Room and Lager Bar
100 Waimea Street, Croydon, Gore, 9776
- Invercargill@ 2 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Invercargill Workingmen's Club - Corinthian Conventions Centre
154 Esk Street, Invercargill, 9810
- Dunedin@ 3 June, 11:30AM
The Octagon
- Oamaru@ 3 June, 3:30PM
20 Thames Street, outside the Council offices
- Timaru@ 4 June, 9:30AM
2 King George Place, outside the Council offices
- Nelson @ 6 June, 10AM
At the bottom of the Cathedral steps
1 Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson, 7010
- Blenheim@ 6 June, 3:30PM
Seymour Square, 16 High Street, outside the Council offices
North Island
- Wellington @ 7 June, 6PM
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf, Wellington CBD, Wellington, 6011
- Lower Hutt@ 8 June, 10AM
26 Laings Rd, outside the Council offices
- Masterton @ 8 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Landsdowne House
15 Keirs Street, Landsdowne, Masterton, 5810
- Palmerston North @ 9 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre - The Neville Butler Exhibition Hall
569 Ferguson Street, Terrace End, Palmerston North, 4410
- Whanganui @ 10 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
War Memorial Centre - The Concert Chamber
Watt Street, Whanganui, 4500
- Hastings @ 11 June, 11:30AM
207 Lyndon Road East, outside the Council offices
- Napier @ 11 June, 3PM
159 Dalton Street, outside the Council offices
- Taupo @ 12 June, 12:30PM
30 Tongariro Street, outside the Council offices
- New Plymouth @ 13 June, 10:30AM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Pukekura Function Centre - La Mer Lounge
New Plymouth Raceway, Rogan Street, Pukekura, New Plymouth, 4310
- Te Awamutu @ 13 June, 6PM
Co-hosted by our friends, Federated Farmers
Te Awamutu Golf Clubs
2293 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu 3800
- Hamilton/Mystery Creek Fieldays@ 14-17 June, 8:30AM - 5:00PM each day
Rural Living Marquee, 125 Mystery Creek Road
- Rotorua @ 18 June, 1PM
Outside Rotorua Museum/Bathhouse
Government Gardens, Oruawhata Drive, Rotorua 3046
- Tauranga @ 19 June, 6PM
Classic Flyers Museum Hangar
9 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui 3116
- Auckland @ 20 June, 6:30PM
Ellerslie Event Centre - The Guinness Room 1
100 Ascot Avenue, Ellerslie, Auckland 1050
- Pukekohe@ 21 June, 12:15PM
Pukekohe Indian Community Centre,
59 Ward Street, Pukekohe, 2120
- Mangawhai @ 22 June, 10AM
The Hub shops, 6 Molesworth Dr, outside the Council offices
- Whangarei @ 22 June, 1.30PM
Town Basin, outside Claphams Clock Museum
32 Dent Street, Quayside, Town Basin, Whangārei 0111
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