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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

Ian McCormack
Callum Barr
Geoff Smith
Brian Hall
Trish carr
Andrew McCombie
Lesley Rothwell
S. Cooksley
Jeff Smith
Simon Seymour
David Lloyd
Hayden McIntyre
Maree McKelvey
Noel Hayden
David Wedde
Christian Hermansen
Simon Garlick
Matt Jones
Nial Greenstock
Alan Robinson
Matthew Hatton
Matthew Hatton
Tom Haig
Ross Nixon
Gene D daniels
Ross Nixon
Benjamin Crowther
Craig Cottam
Luke Herbert
Linda Allen
1,231 SIGNATURES
2,000 signatures

Will you sign?


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  • Ian McCormack
    signed 2015-02-11 14:40:08 +1300
  • Callum Barr
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  • Geoff Smith
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  • Brian Hall
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  • Andrew McCombie
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  • Lesley Rothwell
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  • Jeff Smith
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  • Simon Seymour
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  • David Lloyd
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  • Christian Hermansen
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  • Simon Garlick
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  • Matt Jones
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  • Nial Greenstock
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  • Alan Robinson
    signed 2015-02-11 13:57:47 +1300
  • Matthew Hatton
    @MattCommonSense tweeted link to this page. 2015-02-11 13:57:08 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity. http://www.taxpayers.org.nz/skycity?recruiter_id=2035
  • Matthew Hatton
    signed 2015-02-11 13:56:49 +1300
  • Tom Haig
    signed 2015-02-11 13:56:23 +1300
  • Ross Nixon
    @rossnixon tweeted link to this page. 2015-02-11 13:56:10 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity. http://www.taxpayers.org.nz/skycity?recruiter_id=6115
  • Gene D daniels
    signed 2015-02-11 13:56:01 +1300
  • Ross Nixon
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  • Benjamin Crowther
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  • Craig Cottam
    signed 2015-02-11 13:53:55 +1300
  • Luke Herbert
    signed 2015-02-11 13:53:40 +1300
  • Linda Allen
    signed via 2015-02-11 13:53:32 +1300

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