Water Pressure Group Net News

1)  PASIFIKA:  Getting signatures for the People's Option Postcard!  This
        Saturday March 3rd!!

     It's all hands to the pumps folks!  Help us fight for our water!
 We want a big crowd to blitz Pasifika this Saturday and help get thousands of People's Option
Postcards signed and sent off to Judith Tizard,  to show the huge public support for the non-commercialised
model for running water services.

(To check out the wording of the People's Option Postcard - view here !)

WHEN:  This Saturday  March 3rd.
TIME: From 9.00am till 6.00pm  (Just put in a couple of hours - whatever time you can afford!)
WHERE: PASIFIKA  Western Springs
 Outside the entrance to Western Springs Park, opposite the Speedway.
 

2)  THE PEOPLE'S OPTION PUBLIC FORUM:  Wednesday 7 March, 7.30pm.

Come and hear more about the People's Option campaign for our water services!
Hear guest speaker, Canadian journalist, Murray Dobbin, Financial Post columnist
 talk  about how the multinational corporations are hellbent getting their hands on the
world's water, and how the WTO's GATS agreement is helping them do this!
Hear Christchurch City Councillor David Close discuss how 'ThePeople's Republic of Christchurch'
has achieved water conservation without punitive user charges, and funds
 water services from property-based rates.  (This speaker still to be confirmed.)

WHEN:  Next Wednesday, 7 March
TIME: 7.30pm till 9.30pm
WHERE:  The Fickling Centre Under the Mt Roskill Library THREE KINGS SHOPPING CENTRE
 (Corner of Mt Eden and Mt Albert Roads)

Other pages to see

Is the infrastructure realy crumbling?
Download The People's Option Postcard