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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

Kenneth Wong
Amelia Retter
Mark Stockdale
Ken Norton
Andre kramer
Esther Smith
Patricia Warren
Matthew Coulthurst
Mark Taylor
Michael Lowe
Carla fraser
Carla fraser
Richard Cable
Soraya Gollop
Cerys Lang
Ernie Newman
Chris seeley
Evan Silva
Charlotte Jones
Maddie Harris
Margerita deKwant
Te Arahi August
David Farlow
Jamie Love
Ben Passman
Christine Hepi
Murray Cottle
Jasmine Harrison
Nolene Jackson
Philip Dowdeswell
1,231 SIGNATURES
2,000 signatures

Will you sign?


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  • Kenneth Wong
    signed 2015-02-12 18:08:17 +1300
  • Amelia Retter
    signed 2015-02-12 18:04:03 +1300
  • Mark Stockdale
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  • Ken Norton
    signed 2015-02-12 17:46:28 +1300
  • Andre kramer
    signed via 2015-02-12 17:15:18 +1300
  • Esther Smith
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  • Patricia Warren
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  • Mark Taylor
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  • Michael Lowe
    signed 2015-02-12 15:39:19 +1300
  • Carla fraser
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-12 15:33:16 +1300
    I just signed the @TaxpayersUnion's petition to stop taxpayer money being given to SkyCity.
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    signed 2015-02-12 15:31:41 +1300
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  • Margerita deKwant
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  • Te Arahi August
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  • David Farlow
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  • Jamie Love
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  • Ben Passman
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  • Christine Hepi
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  • Murray Cottle
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  • Jasmine Harrison
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  • Nolene Jackson
    signed 2015-02-12 12:58:03 +1300
  • Philip Dowdeswell
    signed 2015-02-12 12:56:13 +1300

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