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Groundswell outlines next move

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Groundswell NZ is planning another nationwide protest later this year, which organisers say will be of a significant scale and impact. This follows the Howl of a Protest and lack of response from the Government.
Groundswell and FARM are supporting a boycott that was initially to force a change in the metrics used to measure greenhouse gases. File photo
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Groundswell NZ is planning another nationwide protest later this year, which organisers say will be of a significant scale and impact.

This follows the Howl of a Protest and lack of response from the Government.

Groundswell NZ spokesperson Bryce McKenzie says there is widespread concern among both rural and urban people, councils and the business sector about the direction the Government is taking the country.

In the lead up to November’s protest a number of campaign actions will take place.

The first event is on August 20 under the banner of “Can you hear us?”

At 12.30pm all around New Zealand, Groundswell is calling for two minutes of show of support by every car, bike, truck, train – anything with a horn, tooting in support of the campaign.

Then this will be repeated every Friday for the following three weeks

Groundswell is also writing to all councils calling for a halt to all RMA planning processes and calling for all landowners to decline access for councils or their agents wanting to undertake mapping or information gathering on private land.

Groundswell has identified serious implications with this information gathering that landowners are largely unaware of.

“We are not against the need for regulation or the need to care for the environment,” McKenzie said.

“Nor are we calling for a halt to addressing environmental issues. We are saying there are much better, proven solutions to addressing environmental issues than the one-size-fits all approach being legislated by the Government. There are thousands of community and private environmental initiatives happening across the country and we believe everyone has a role to play to continue the momentum.”

Groundswell has recently added the Three Waters Reform and the Water Services Bill to its growing list of unworkable regulations.

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