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SkyCity Petition

John Key: don't use our taxpayer money on a SkyCity convention centre.

We say a deal's a deal.

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Back in May 2013 when the SkyCity convention centre was announced, the Government promised a national convention centre suitable for between 3,500 and 5,000 attendees in return for allowing SkyCity to have more pokies and tables. Throughout the 2014 election, the Government told New Zealanders that we were getting a 'free' convention centre. The deal was done, the ink was apparently dry.

Now SkyCity are trying to rip us all off. They've filed plans for a convention centre for only 1,500 and 3,000. As a result, John Key and Steven Joyce aren't ruling out dipping into our pockets and forking out for SkyCity.

UPDATE: WE DID IT!

New Zealand Taxpayers' Union Inc.

You spoke and they listened!

Steven Joyce has announced that no taxpayer money is going to be used to support SkyCity’s convention centre. Instead, SkyCity are going back to the drawing board to come up with a cheaper design. Fantastic.

In just a few days more than fifteen hundred people signed our petition and the message got through to Mr Joyce and SkyCity. This is a win for the little guy.

While there could be devil in the detail - and don't worry we'll be making sure that SkyCity don’t now try to build something a fraction of the size that was promised - today at least taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief.


 

Sign our petition to tell John Key not to use taxpayer money on SkyCity - we'll deliver the signatures to Parliament later in this month. 

Who's signing

Martin H
Hazel aughton
Brendan Waugh
Brendan Waugh
Simon Tipping
Luciane Bryant
Steve Cross
Warren Tooley
Louis Jensen
I Harrison
Sandra Cornwell
Richard Knight
Sam frost
Mark Carey
Nigel Lee
Paul Goldstone
Reuben Bowen
Vaughan bayer
Patricia beasley
Jo Cameron
Tim Warmington
Krishna nair
don mathieson
John Robson
Grant Lorimer
Don Beckett
Violet Djohanli
Hannah Anderson
Ashley Gruebner-Ballantine
Joelizze Santos
1,280 SIGNATURES
2,000 signatures

Will you sign?


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  • Martin H
    signed 2015-02-11 23:35:43 +1300
  • Hazel aughton
    signed 2015-02-11 23:25:12 +1300
  • Brendan Waugh
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-11 23:09:07 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity.
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