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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

Alissa Bell
Richard Jones
Bruce Bell
Andrew Kirkham
David Stonyer
Thomas Osborn
Tony Aikman
Rhys Morgan
Malcolm Grant
Gaynor Brown
Katherine Halloran
Jan Armstrong
Scott MacLean
mara williamson
David Grogan
Lachlan Galt
Lance Webb
Jeff Petherick
Wilburn Bostock
Lincoln Sharp
Lincoln Sharp
Bob Deakin
Don Picken
Lukas Lukas
Alexander Croft
Sean Trotman
Graeme Sargent
Fraser hasnip
Owen Cairns
Andrew Cushen
1,231 SIGNATURES
2,000 signatures

Will you sign?


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  • Alissa Bell
    signed 2015-02-11 16:44:30 +1300
  • Richard Jones
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  • Andrew Kirkham
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  • Katherine Halloran
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  • David Grogan
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  • Lachlan Galt
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  • Lance Webb
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  • Jeff Petherick
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  • Wilburn Bostock
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  • Lincoln Sharp
    @LincolnSharp tweeted link to this page. 2015-02-11 16:33:14 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity. http://www.taxpayers.org.nz/skycity?recruiter_id=1666
  • Lincoln Sharp
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  • Bob Deakin
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  • Don Picken
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  • Lukas Lukas
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  • Alexander Croft
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  • Sean Trotman
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  • Graeme Sargent
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  • Fraser hasnip
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  • Owen Cairns
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  • Andrew Cushen
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