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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

Adrienne Pierce
Amanda Hosking
Melissa Swanton
Amanda Hosking
Kevin Robinson
Mark Weston
Geoff Bye
Christine McDonald
Merrilyn Louden
Roger Hawkins
Ella Clement
Glen McGregor
Alistair Miller
Catherine Leader
Louise Kelleher
Shaun Wallis
Aaron Langley
Brenda leeuwenberg
Al Grant
Josh Cunningham
Reuel Newman
Stephen Caldwell
Kara Isaac
Caleb Botting
Dave Stringer
Ruth Begg
Dave Stringer
Tony Edmonds
Robert McCallum
Will Kane
1,231 SIGNATURES
2,000 signatures

Will you sign?


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  • Adrienne Pierce
    signed 2015-02-11 21:17:16 +1300
  • Amanda Hosking
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-11 21:16:17 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity.
  • Melissa Swanton
    signed 2015-02-11 21:15:43 +1300
  • Amanda Hosking
    signed 2015-02-11 21:14:54 +1300
  • Kevin Robinson
    signed 2015-02-11 21:12:39 +1300
  • Mark Weston
    signed 2015-02-11 21:10:45 +1300
  • Geoff Bye
    signed 2015-02-11 21:08:20 +1300
  • Christine McDonald
    signed 2015-02-11 21:04:21 +1300
  • Merrilyn Louden
    signed 2015-02-11 21:03:23 +1300
  • Roger Hawkins
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  • Ella Clement
    signed 2015-02-11 21:00:19 +1300
  • Glen McGregor
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  • Alistair Miller
    signed 2015-02-11 20:59:28 +1300
  • Catherine Leader
    signed 2015-02-11 20:58:58 +1300
  • Louise Kelleher
    signed 2015-02-11 20:57:59 +1300
  • Shaun Wallis
    signed 2015-02-11 20:57:50 +1300
  • Aaron Langley
    signed 2015-02-11 20:57:37 +1300
  • Brenda leeuwenberg
    signed 2015-02-11 20:55:14 +1300
  • Al Grant
    signed 2015-02-11 20:53:41 +1300
  • Josh Cunningham
    signed 2015-02-11 20:53:24 +1300
  • Reuel Newman
    signed 2015-02-11 20:52:58 +1300
  • Stephen Caldwell
    signed 2015-02-11 20:52:20 +1300
  • Kara Isaac
    signed 2015-02-11 20:49:40 +1300
  • Caleb Botting
    signed via 2015-02-11 20:45:31 +1300
  • Dave Stringer
    signed 2015-02-11 20:44:24 +1300
  • Ruth Begg
    signed 2015-02-11 20:44:01 +1300
  • Dave Stringer
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-11 20:43:42 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity.
  • Tony Edmonds
    signed 2015-02-11 20:42:09 +1300
  • Robert McCallum
    signed 2015-02-11 20:41:41 +1300
  • Will Kane
    signed 2015-02-11 20:40:16 +1300

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