Look Mum they stole my city …

lprent
15 years ago
Categories: auckland supercity, democracy under attack, democratic participation, drinking liberally, labour, local government
Tags: chris carter, David Cunliffe, grassroots labour, len brown, lynne pillay, manakau, ngati whatua, waitakere

After the success of the meetings about the super-city in Waitakere and Manakau yesterday, here are a few more of interest in date order. We will issue reminders when they are due.

From the notice on the Grassroots Labour site about a public meeting in Waitakere.

Time	April 27, 2009 from 8pm (now correct time)
Location	Kelston Community Centre
Street	Cnr. Great North and Awaroa Roads.
City/Town	Waitakere City.
Map	here
Event Type	public, meeting., all, welcome.
Organized By	Chris Carter, David Cunliffe and Lynne Pillay
	What will happen to Waitakere City with the changes to local governance in the Auckland region? Your city, your say!

Drinking Liberally Auckland has an advance notice.

Speaker	Mayor Len Brown of Manakau
Topic	Drinking Liberally Auckland – the future of Auckland governance.
When	7pm, Wednesday 29 April
Where	London Bar – corner Queen and Victoria Streets, Auckland CBD
Who	you and like-minded left-wingers. All welcome.
	This month’s speaker is Mayor Len Brown talking about the opportunities and issues arising out of the Government’s proposal for restructuring governance in Auckland. Len Brown is the current mayor of Manukau and is out-and-about talking and listening to Aucklanders’ opinions on the proposed changes and their views on the future of our region. This will be an interesting chance to hear some thoughts on the revolution happening in Auckland from one of our region’s leaders.
More	For more information sign up to the ‘Drinking Liberally NZ’ Facebook group.

Then there is the hikoi being organised by Ngati Whatua next month.

Time	May 25th, 2009 Starting by 9:30am
Where	Bottom of Queen Street
Contact	Ngarimu Blair; 027 2790735; 09 336 1683;
	On May 25 there will be a hikoi where Aucklander’s from all persuasions can join us to say out loud that this proposal is flawed and will become flawed law if passed. This is the anniversary of the Bastion Point evictions.
More	here

Feed me links to any other meetings about the super-city fiasco, and we’ll get them posted.

Thanks to Greg Presland for the evocative post title.