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Murray Horton Speaking Tour

The November 26 election is one of the most important in decades. Both major parties are committed to policies by which the New Zealand economy is even more dominated by transnational corporations; more and more of our farmland is owned by foreigners; publicly-owned assets are privatised; and the country is locked ever more tightly into disadvantageous “free” trade and foreign investment agreements, of which the biggest one being negotiated, in secret, is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – this is the means to effect a free trade agreement with the US.

There are some differences between National and Labour on these issues, but they are only ones of degree, not principle. A change in government will not, in itself, be enough to change the disastrous course on which this country is set, one of domination by global Big Business and the US. This country needs People Power to let the world know that New Zealand is not for sale!

New Zealand Is Not For Sale

Murray Horton Speaking Tour

The November 26 election is one of the most important in decades. Both major parties are committed to policies by which the New Zealand economy is even more dominated by transnational corporations; more and more of our farmland is owned by foreigners; publicly-owned assets are privatised; and the country is locked ever more tightly into disadvantageous “free” trade and foreign investment agreements, of which the biggest one being negotiated, in secret, is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – this is the means to effect a free trade agreement with the US.

There are some differences between National and Labour on these issues, but they are only ones of degree, not principle. A change in government will not, in itself, be enough to change the disastrous course on which this country is set, one of domination by global Big Business and the US. This country needs People Power to let the world know that New Zealand is not for sale!

NORTH ISLAND SPEAKING TOUR ITINERARY

Tuesday April 5, Auckland – 7.15-8.30 p.m. AUT WT1004, AUT Tower Building, Rutland Street entrance. Room is next door to Pacific Media Centre; take lift to 10th floor. AUT University, 2 Rutland Street (opposite Aotea Square). This is a free entry public seminar. Contact Lynda Boyd 0274 797789; lyndab@slingshot.co.nz

Wednesday 6, Whangarei – 7p.m., Manaia PHO Rooms, 28 Rust Avenue, central Whangarei .
Thursday 7, Hamilton – 7 p.m., Waikato Trade Union Centre, 34 Harwood Street .

Friday 8, Thames – 7 p.m., Grahamstown Hall, 768 Pollen Street. .

Monday 11, Whakatane – 7 p.m. finger food; talk starts at 7.30, Eastbay REAP, 21 Pyne Street. .

Tuesday 12, Gisborne –8 p.m. Holy Trinity Church (upstairs) Derby Street
. This meeting is sponsored by Green Party as part of the “Keep It Kiwi” Campaign

Wednesday 13, Hawkes Bay –2 p.m. at the Havelock North Club, Campbell Street, Havelock North (this is a meeting of the Hawkes Bay branch of the NZ Institute of International Affairs, which is open to the public; $5 admission).

& 7pm in Lecture Theatre One, Block K1, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Gloucester Road, Taradale. $5 admission charge to cover branch costs & refreshments. This meeting is also open to the public. .

Thursday 14, Palmerston North – 7.30 p.m., Catholic Diocesan Centre (Te Rau Aroha), 33 Amesbury Street.

Friday 15, Whanganui – 7 p.m., Josephite Retreat Centre, Mount St Joseph, 14 Hillside Terrace..

Monday 18, Wellington – 6- 7.30 p.m., Main Hall, St John’s Church, corner of Willis & Dixon Streets..

Tuesday 19, Petone – 7.45 p.m. Petone Community House, 6 Britannia Street .

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