The government say that they can’t find any spies to chuck out in the wake of the Russian poisoning scandal, but it seems other people can: Quote: A former Russian spy who lived in New Zealand claims other spies for the Kremlin are operating here. Boris Karpichkov said he was poisoned in New Zealand more…
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Stop cognitive decline with these 10 great nutritional tips
(Naturalhealth365) For many baby boomers, it’s an unpleasant irony – the generation that famously said “Never trust anyone over thirty!” is now, itself, experiencing the undeniable signs of cognitive decline due to aging. For example, the statistics on Alzheimer’s suggest we have a serious health crisis on our hands – especially as we move closer to 2050.
But, the main point – of this article – is that poor brain function is avoidable.
Memory loss, forgetfulness, decreased ability to maintain focus, reductions in problem-solving abilities – these symptoms (sometimes known as “senior moments”) can all signal mild age-related cognitive decline. And cognitive decline, if untreated, can potentially progress to Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
If you are experiencing mild cognitive decline, however, take heart: the ‘top ten’ natural nutrients – listed below – can help to optimize brain function, preventing and even reversing the early signs of dementia.
What causes cognitive decline?
A variety of physical changes in the aging brain can trigger cognitive impairment and memory loss. Age-related thinning of the cerebral cortex, a decrease in the production of neurotransmitters (the brain’s “chemical messengers”) and the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques in the brain can all compromise cognitive ability.
Factors contributing to these physical changes can include chronic inflammation, declining hormones, oxidative stress and arterial dysfunction. Lifestyle issues – such as obesity, overweight, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, and physical and chronic emotional stress – can also set the stage for age-related cognitive impairment.
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https://www.naturalhealth365.com/cognitive-decline-nutrients-2523.html
Government Accidentally Releases Documents On Remote Mind-Control
If the topic interests you listen to British Physicist Barry Trower, it is all very real.
Scientists Discover Soy Actually Accelerates Breast Cancer- Rather Than Preventing It
Scientists Discover Soy Actually Accelerates Breast Cancer- Rather Than Preventing It
http://realfarmacy.com/scientists-discover-soy-actually-accelerates-breast-cancer-rather-preventing/
Japan ‘covering up’ Fukushima nuclear danger-zone radiation levels and blackmailing evacuees to return to radiated areas swarming with radioactive pigs and monkeys
Three reactors went into meltdown after the 2011 Japanese tsunami in the worst accident since Chernobyl, leaving an apocalyptic vision of ghost towns and overgrown wildernesses and scared residents refuse to return
JAPAN is lying to the world about nuclear-ravaged Fukushima’s recovery while forcing terrified evacuees to return to their radioactive homes, it is claimed.
More than seven years after the nuclear catastrophe rocked the world, many of the 154,000 people who fled their homes have not returned and towns remain deserted.
Thousands of irradiated wild boars and monkeys roam around while poorly paid and protected decontamination workers scrub homes, schools and shops down ready for people to come home.
Chilling footage of taken inside the evacuated areas of Fukushima City and Köryama lay bare the disaster that unfolded after an earthquake, measuring 9.01 on the Moment Magnitude scale, struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
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Matata residents & the Whakatane DC “they have told the banks not to lend to us” and “manipulated the value of our properties down to nothing”
More from the District Council front. This smells distinctly like an Agenda 21/30 land grab to me. We’ve posted info on a Mangawhai a bank that withdrew a person’s rates from their bank account without their consent or knowledge! What is going on? And remember Christchurch?
EnvirowatchRangitikei
From the Whakatane Beacon
WHY would Awatarariki residents trust Whakatane District Council to pay a fair price for their homes, if they are forced to move from the fanhead in Matata?
It is a question Awatarariki Residents’ Association chairman Rick Whalley has been asking over and over, after the district council pulled out of negotiating a memorandum of understanding.
The memorandum would have allowed for an independent engineer to assess the risk of living on the fanhead, a request by the association.
In a letter from Brookfield lawyers, partner Andrew Green said the changes to the draft memorandum were not acceptable to the council and they were not prepared to enter the memorandum.
“Secondly, the council is extremely disappointed by the actions of Mr and Mrs Whalley and others, whether in personal capacities or as members-officers of the association… After the meeting, district council staff were assaulted and verbally abused by a resident of the fanhead and were threatened with future physical harm.”
Mr Green said the good faith obligations outlined in the draft memorandum had not been honoured by the association.
Mr Whalley, who lives on the fanhead with his wife, Rachel, and mother, Pam, said it had been almost 14 years since a debris flow tore through the area, damaging some of the houses.
He said during those years, their trust of the district council had waned, and the memorandum was a tool to address that.
“Firstly, they told us that we could rebuild, and then they took that away. Then they told us that they could mitigate, and they took that away. Remember the 90 percent thing? They told us they would have 90 percent agreement to sell and they took away that.
“And now they have taken away the memorandum of understanding… The mayor and deputy mayor have both said that they do not have to buy our properties, so if they get what they want we know that they are going to pull those things.”
https://whakatanebeacon.co.nz/2018/04/no-mou-grows-mistrust/
PHOTO: Whakatane Beacon
Amazon’s AI home assistant lets slip some home truths about chemtrails
via thecontrail.com/
https://sputniknews.com/science/201804141063569835-chemtrail-conspiracy-amazon-robot/
Has Alexa, Amazons AI home assistant, inadvertently blown the whistle on state authorities?
Chemtrails “left by aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for a purpose undisclosed to the general public by government officials.” Quote Alexa AI
Amazon, having acknowledged that it was a program error, has hurried to make corrections to Alexa’s program. Now replying to the same question on chemtrails, the digital assistant hits back:
“Chemtrails refer to trails of condensation, or contrails, left by jet engine exhaust when they come into contact with cold air at high altitudes.”
Here is the original: (different video to that originally posted here, that account is gone now, I will leave their notes below however FYI).
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Published on Apr 7, 2018
Is Alex Jones controlled opposition?
In my opinion, yes he is. These videos are short and to the point, and enough to make you think. Research it further for yourself. Plenty of pressing evidence in other videos also at Youtube. The first here features the late Bill Cooper, a man murdered for telling the truth. You can download his book Behold a Pale Horse here: https://ia601600.us.archive.org/28/items/WilliamCooperBeholdAPaleHorse1991/William_Cooper-Behold_a_Pale_Horse1991.pdf
Note: these two videos are different, (although from the same channel) they just display the same image.
Published on Sep 6, 2013
READ MORE BELOW THE VIDEO AT THE SOURCE
Published on Oct 26, 2013
Merck knew in 2010 Gardasil caused serious reactions
NOTE: This article cites a press release FROM 2010 that is no longer available. You can however read more about Merck’s knowledge of the possible reactions, including the very short time they tested it with the very small number of ‘guinea pig’ humans in this article by Dr Mercola…
Time for the Truth about Gardasil
Also related is The Truth About Gardasil website, check it out for further info: http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/
Hilary Butler – Saturday, June 05, 2010
What other explanation is there for a comment in Truth About Gardasil’s latest press release which stated: A medical source close to TAG (Truth about Gardasil) has stated: “I find it disturbing that Merck’s agreement with the FDA is based on an agreement that no adverse events will be labeled as such unless there is a TWO fold increase seen of diseases that occur at least as frequently as 1/10,000. This takes away all of the rare autoimmune demyelinating syndromes that cause blindness, paralysis and death.” ? Maybe they are lying? Nope. I managed to obtain documentation as to the whats and why’s and I’m satisfied that the comment is an accurate report.
Truth About Gardasil also mentioned that since that particular press release, Merck has repeatedly be crawling all over their website like infuriated bees to honey in a famine.
Interesting, isn’t it, that MERCK would have such an agreement with FDA. Sounds to me like a game of “we pretend to chase you, and you pretend to follow the rules.” Which in turn, reminds me of the Italian MOB’s relationship with Italian Police.
Interesting too that FDA would set up a meeting with TAG, and there would be silence ever since. One wonders though, what is going on behind the scenes, because the Gardasil bubble just might explode some time soon. Is the silence from FDA and Merck, yet another attempt to come out with another 10 retrospective studies to murky the waters, and placate the masses?
It was interesting that Dr Michael Tatley from CARM would so blithely state in North and South’s rabidly provaccine monologue in June, words to the effect that vaccines couldn’t possible cause the problems that the anti vaccine lobby said, because CARM never saw evidence of it.
So long as doctors continue to deny reactions ever happen, and refuse to report them, you won’t see them, unless parents report them. Many parents are scared to report reactions, because of what their doctors will say. I have quite a few Gardasil reactions which have as yet, not been reported to you, because the parents are not in any space to do so. In terms of the medical profession, no they won’t “see” them, for two reasons. First, they are blind, and if you deny something is happening, you can’t treat it, and if you actually look at it, and see it, you would realise that the medical profession has nothing to treat any of the current Gardasil reactions with anyway. Unless you count in a swathe of girls who’ve never had seizures before, being put on seizure medication any time after the first Gardasil injection.
When are CARM and the MOH going to get real about accurate data collection, huh?!!! Oh, silly me. I forgot. If you don’t have the data, then you can truthfully say that your data shows there are no problems.
SOURCE:
http://www.beyondconformity.org.nz/hilarys-desk/merck-knew-gardasil-caused-serious-reactions
Things are not right on NZ’s District Council front as yet another Councillor cites bullying & quits
The quitting Councillor who cites bullying as his reason for departure is from the South Wairarapa District Council. Bullying was also reported in the Horowhenua by a now ex Councillor Mrs Anne Hunt. (Read here also on that). Another Clr spoke out about being told how to vote (& I’ve heard two other occasions/councils elsewhere that that happens that I can’t cite names for). For your perusal here are a few more:
Claims of bullying, blackmail at Wanganui District Council (2012)
Gore District Council accused of ‘bullying’ (2008)
Horowhenua Mayor says he won’t cave to ‘bullies’ (2017)
Council bullying case costs $300,000 (2012)
Accusation of ‘bullying’ over Marlborough Council leak
Bullying Auckland Council
Cowboy park owner claims council’s bullying him (Westland 2016)
Obviously all is not well on the District Council fronts these days. (Not if you value honesty, transparency and due process that is). If you’ve noticed the same you need to read up on (UN) Agenda 21/30, see our pages at the main menu. Particularly you should read Dr Naomi Jacobs’ downloadable ebook on those pages. She throws a whole lot of light on what’s really going on … she wrote that after seeing the debacle that happened at NZ’s Kaipara/Mangawhai and their escalating rates. Also see the Local Govt Watch pages for more info on that. Rodney’s another interesting one where a gentleman lost his house & business for speaking up about council corruption. And of course our own Horowhenua where the new deputy Mayor’s post was very short lived & they also steadily refuse to open the books. Much like Auckland at present witness Penny Bright’s battle over that one. And so it just keeps coming. You need to watch this one especially as your rates continue to escalate exponentially, while your CEs sit on obscenely bloated salaries (Horowhenua $250K, some districts are over half a mill, Ak is $690K) and under their highly paid (incompetent?) watch your council debts climb through the roof. Seventy odd million Horowhenua’s was two years ago (some said $100 mill) and nobody in Council blinks an eye aside from the whistle blowers who do see something wrong with it. Something’s not right in the state of Denmark folks. As the saying goes. EnvirowatchRangitikei
From Wairarapa times-age.co.nz
A South Wairarapa councillor has resigned, citing “no confidence” in the mayor and district council’s chief executive.
Dayle Harwood emailed South Wairarapa Mayor Viv Napier and his former fellow councillors yesterday with the news.
Mrs Napier has accepted his resignation and plans to be in touch with Local Government New Zealand today to begin the process of finding a replacement via a by-election.
Mr Harwood told the Times-Age he was sick and tired of the “pettiness” and “elements of bullying” that went on behind the scenes.
He was elected onto South Wairarapa District Council (SWDC) for the Featherston ward in 2016.
He said there needed to be a change of attitude, and South Wairarapa needed a clear, new vision going forward.
“It’s time the council be led properly, and South Wairarapa deserves that. They voted against amalgamation, so they think this is a better model. The council needs to prove it, and they’re not doing that.”
He said he was also fed up with SWDC chief executive Paul Crimp not taking responsibility for issues that he was accountable for.
“I personally have no confidence in the mayor and CEO and I wish them all the best.”
Mr Crimp said Mr Harwood’s comments would be taken on board.
“As with any situation like this, we’ll look at the messages coming out and see what improvements, if any, need to be made.”
Mr Harwood said he “wasn’t getting any back up” from other councillors, and that SWDC did not appreciate his outspokenness.
“I felt it was just me up against the whole council.”
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https://times-age.co.nz/councillor-quits-cites-bullying/
Closing on the note of council debts. Here is the Horowhenua Councillor Ross Campbell who was ousted from his new role as Deputy Mayor shortly after being appointed by the newly elected mayor who is of the same persuasion (prefers clean water, transparency, paying down debt not inflating it etc etc). The main reason cited at Cr Campbell’s ousting being speaking out about matters considered in-house or words to that effect on the modus operandi of the Economic Development Cttee (now Board where non elected members are privy to inside business / council info). The main offending matter is contained in a video at this link. In the video below he speaks about the ballooning debt of Horowhenua DC.
The dubious justification for an imminent 1080 drop at Timaru Creek in Central Otago
“There never was, never is and never can be valid justification for mass slaughter with a universal super toxin. It is chemical warfare. It is ecocide. there is NO justification!” … (Tom Look Stop 1080 Now FB page)
LATEST NEWS ON TIMARU CREEK AERIAL 1080 POISON DROP, LAKE HAWEA, CENTRAL OTAGO
From Carol Sawyer
After receiving an apology from OSPRI Operations Extension apparatchik, Jennifer Lawn, for saying they had found a Tb-infected ferret in the Timaru Creek 1080 drop zone in 2015-16 when in fact they HADN’T, and with that little creature being part of the justification for the aerial 1080 drop to kill possums, despite no possum monitoring having been done…. ( yes John Cleese would have had fun with this little lot ! )…Alan Galletly has sent Ms Lawn another letter. Because we will probably have to wait the standard 21 working days to receive this obviously terribly overworked poisoner’s reply, I am posting it up here now, along with the apology about the ferret.
As you can see from their printed material the justification for the 1080 drop is ” Tb ferrets ( note plural ) and pigs have recently been detected on the south eastern side”. ‘Recently’ means over two years ago, no Tb infected ferrets have been found in the drop zone, and the pig story is dubious ( see Alan’s letter ). The population of the target animal, the possum, has not been ascertained by OSPRI, who say they only have funds for post-drop monitoring, not pre-drop monitoring.
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2018 1:20 p.m.
Dear Alan,
We need to correct some of the information supplied in response to your previous request.
The infected ferret was found 5km to the south of the planned aerial operation. We apologise for this error.
The correct information was used in the planning of this aerial operation. Your further requests for information have been received and we will respond as soon as possible within the required timeframes.
Yours sincerely,
Jennifer ( Lawn )
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Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2018 11:51 a.m.
Dear Jennifer
Thank you for the update regarding the infected ferret.
You state that the correct information was used for planning of this aerial operation yet your printed material available to the public clearly states a TB infected ferret was taken from Timaru Creek.
This was also stated by OSPRI staff at the Hawea Information afternoon.
Clearly this leaves the question , What is the correct scientific information OSPRI have planned this aerial operation on? Is it based solely on the assumption the feral pigs were living in Timaru Creek ?
The assumption these pigs were infected by possum carcases solely from Timaru Creek? The assumption that there is a large population of TB infected possums in Timaru Creek?
All these assumptions aren’t enough evidence to plan an aerial poison drop on surely without solid scientific evidence to back them?
Could you please confirm the infected pigs actually came from the planned drop zone.
It has come to my attention that these pigs were shot in the vicinity of Stodys Hut which I believe is on the edge of the drop zone.
As this hut is near the ridge line there is no certainty that the pigs were in fact living in the Timaru Creek catchment but may have crossed the ridge line from Lake Hawea Station country.
The timing of when these pigs were shot also suggests this as at that time of year feral pigs prefer warmer , dryer country.
It would be unlikely for them to frequent the shady side or lower country in this catchment at this time of year.
It is clear OSPRI is assuming these feral pigs were living in Timaru Creek when in fact they may not have been correct.
Regards
Alan Galletly
Photos :
1 ) Photo DoC- Breast Hill track, overlooking Lake Hawea and Hawea township, above Timaru Creek area. (Header image)
2 ) From OSPRI information leaflet on Timaru Creek aerial 1080 poison drop
3) Map of drop zone
Since Gardasil’s introduction in 2006, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received more than 20,000 reports of adverse side effects & NINETY TWO deaths
Check out The Truth About Gardasil website… (and remember Kiwis, there have been, sadly, three deaths already here in NZ) … please search for further articles on Gardasil by using the search box, ‘categories’ at left of page and/or go to the Gardasil page under ‘Vaccines’ at the main menu. With so many injuries and with the targeting of 9 year olds both boys and girls, you need to research this thoroughly for yourselves…
Since Gardasil’s introduction in 2006, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received more than 20,000 reports of adverse side effects reportedly related to Gardasil. These reports include serious adverse side effects including Guilliane Barre, lupus, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis, among others. There also have been 92 reported deaths among girls who received the Gardasil vaccine…. TheTruthAboutGardasil.com
A CDC report links cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, to incidents of fainting, blood clots, stroke and cardiac arrest.
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Energy giants ‘bully their customers into getting smart meters’: Firms accused of flouting trading laws by telling families devices are a legal requirement
Smart Meters are not compulsory in NZ. I hear folk saying they’ve been harrassed here also, just persistently contacted and told they have to have one. They are being bluffed (unless they included it in the fine print of their contract) … don’t fall for it. I know of one elderly gentleman in a wheelchair who directed his powerco not to install one, and they did anyway. He demanded they remove it and he thought they had but they hadn’t. For more info on your rights in NZ go to our Smart Meter pages (main menu) and/or visit stopsmartmeters nz site. EnvirowatchRangitikei
From the dailymail.co.uk
- Households have been bombarded with texts, emails, letters and phone calls
- Citizens Advice reports a stream of complaints from harassed customers
- Letter from one supplier said: ‘We have legal requirement to change your meter’
Energy giants were last night accused of flouting trading laws by pressuring homeowners into getting smart meters.
Families are being told the digital devices are a legal requirement when they are not. Trading standards chiefs have told power firms that misleading customers in this way is a breach of consumer laws.
Households have been bombarded with texts, emails, letters and phone calls telling them they need a smart meter.
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Ak City Council refuses to comply with the Public Records Act 2005: hear the full story from Penny Bright and why she has withheld her rates
DONATE HERE (if you are reading this before midnight 20th April)
Help ‘Anti-corruption whistle-blower’ Penny Bright save her home by midnight 20 April! (DONATIONS PAGE NOW CLOSED)
To help stop the forced rating sale of my home by raising and holding $20,000 Auckland Council outstanding rates ‘in escrow’ with solicitor.
LINK TO VINNY EASTWOOD’S FB PAGE LIVE (until midnight 20th April)
I have until 24 April 2018, to get Auckland Council CEO Stephen Town to withdraw from the Auckland High Court, the forced Rating Sale proceedings against my home, or it will be sold.
Time is short.
This is only the second time ever that Auckland Council have applied for a forced Rating Sale against a freehold property.
In my opinion, I am being unfairly persecuted and prosecuted as an ‘Anti-corruption whistle-blower’, for my persistent and consistent efforts to help get full transparency and accountability in the spending of public monies on private sector consultants and contractors.
The amount I owe in outstanding rates, (excluding legal fees and penalties) is $20,000.
Altogether, I am seeking $21,000 on this Give A Little Page, $20,000 to cover outstanding rates (excluding legal fees and penalties), and $1000 to cover the Give A Little 5% service fee.
$21,000 is 2100 x $10
1050 x $20
525 x $40
420 x $50
210 x $100
105 x $200
42 x $500
21 x $1000
(The reason why I have set up this Give A Little page is because a number of people have asked me to do so, because they support my work and want to financially assist.
It has always been my intention to pay outstanding rates, but because I was broke, I would have been able to apply for rates postponement.
However, after an eleven year battle, it has never been my intention to apply for rates postponement, until the ‘job was finished’ and the following details of awarded contracts were available for public scrutiny.)
If I can raise this outstanding $20,000 rates money, and have it sitting ‘in escrow’ (in trust) in the HENDERSON REEVES CONNELL RISHWORTH TRUST ACCOUNT that will help apply more pressure for these forced Rating Sale proceedings to be withdrawn, and for the following details of awarded contracts to be published on the websites of Auckland Council and Auckland Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs), so they are available for public scrutiny:
* The unique contract number.
* The name of the consultant /contractor.
* A brief description of the scope of the contract.
* Contract start and finish dates.
* The exact dollar value of each and every contract, including those sub-contracted.
* How the contract was awarded, by direct appointment or public tender.
The close off day for this Give A Little Page will be 12pm Friday 20 April 2018.
As soon as the $21,000 is raised – I will close this page.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2007, I have disputed and refused to pay first Auckland City Council, then Auckland Council rates, because of the lack of transparency in Council spending on private sector consultants and contractors – their continuing failure to fully comply with the NZ Public Records Act 2005, section 17:
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2005/0040/latest/DLM345729.html
17 Requirement to create and maintain records
(1) Every public office and local authority must create and maintain full and accurate records of its affairs, in accordance with normal, prudent business practice, including the records of any matter that is contracted out to an independent contractor.
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Back in 2010, while I was disputing and refusing to pay Auckland City Council rates, I received a ‘Good Citizen’s Award from the Auckland City Council Eden/Albert Community Board, for fighting to help stop water privatisation and for more transparency in Council contracting.
However, under Auckland Council, my ‘reward’ (not that I choose to do this for ‘reward’) – is to force the sale of my freehold home?
I’ve now attended seven International Anti-Corruption Conferences, and was last year invited to, and attended the 2017 World Justice Project International Rule of Law Forum at The Hague, so I have developed a good understanding of the corruption risks in contracting out public services to private sector consultants and contractors, and I have offered to help Auckland Council and CCOs to finish the job and fully and accurately ‘open the books’.
New Zealand is ‘perceived’ to be ‘the least corrupt country in the world’, according to the 2017 Transparency International ‘Corruption Perception Index’, so arguably we should be the most transparent. But we don’t know exactly where billion$ of dollars are now being spent on the contracting out of so many Council services that used to be provided ‘in house’ by directly employed staff under the ‘public service’ not commercialised/ privatised model.
MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE HERE.
https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/penny-bright-anti-corruption-campaigner
and
OTHER ACTION:
A petition to Mayor Phil Goff to ‘Halt the forced sale of Penny Bright’s house’
www.toko.org.nz/petitions/halt-the-forced-sale-of-penny-bright-s-house
Funds raised will go towards the $20,000 in outstanding Auckland Council rates to be paid once ‘the books are open’. In any event monies collected for outstanding Auckland Council Rates, will be paid by the 20th April 2019 – it will be held in escrow till this time. In the meantime I will continue to work with Auckland Council and CCOs to help ensure the above mentioned details of awarded contracts are available for public scrutiny.
What they don’t tell you about money
Expressway past Levin is a high stakes game to HDC’s in-house Economic Development Board
From Veronica Harrod
Expressway past Levin a high stakes game
The land and property development agenda of Horowhenua District Council and council’s in-house economic development board would implode if the New Zealand Transport Agency decides not to proceed with the expressway past Levin demonstrating just how high the stakes are.
Otaki electorate MP Nathan Guy, a National Party MP, brought along National Party leader Simon Bridges and new transport minister Jami-Lee Ross to the second Levin public meeting Mr Guy has held in the last six weeks pushing for the expressway to proceed. Mr Bridges was the transport minister under the former National led Government.
The motivations of Mr Guy, in particular, are questionable in light of council’s role in land and property development which is entirely based on a November 2015 New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) report commissioned by the council and the board called, “Investment in transport infrastructure: Effects on economic and demographic outlook.”
A July 6, 2016 council agenda states, “The assessment determined that the Wellington National Corridor investment represents a ‘free hit’ to Horowhenua, and creates an opportunity for the district to target population growth, employment, and economic activity levels significantly higher than both otherwise and previously expected.”
Council’s chief executive David Clapperton and economic development manager Shanon Grainger have repeatedly used forcasted growth statistics included in the NZIER report as a justification for rolling out an explosion in the number of land and development projects across the district.
Without the economic justification’s provided for in the NZIER report difficult questions would be asked of council about its close and secretive relationship with the economic development board, whose members have multimillion dollar interests in land and development and construction industries.
Council draft and consultation documents that rely on the expressway proceeding include council’s 20 year Long Term Plan, the Horowhenua growth strategy 2040 and the yet-to-be released Levin Town Centre Plan.
According to the Quotable Values database Mr Guy also has a significant amount of land and property interests in the north east sector of Levin at Koputaroa, one of the preferred expressway routes, which equates to at least $6 million over eight separate lots. The sale date of two further purchases he made in this sector is withheld from the Quotable Value database so have not been included.
If the expressway does proceed this means Mr Guy could potentially financially benefit from the expressway either through the sale of land confiscated under the Public Works Act or land and property development projects on land he owns next to the expressway route.
The decision made by NZTA could be a game changer for Horowhenua with residents facing unsustainable rates rises due to land and property development and associated negative environmental effects from an explosion in new builds connecting to an essential infrastructure council’s LTP states is ageing and end of life.
According to council’s 20 year draft and consultation documents there are no plans by council to consult the community on an economic development strategy moving into the future even though the public were not consulted on the now expired 2014-2017 economic development strategy that continues to be applied by the council.
Photo, from left, Otaki MP Nathan Guy, former Prime Minister Bill English and former Horowhenua District Council mayor Brendan Duffy at an Electra After 5 event.
Findings and assessments from the NZIER report were presented at an “After 5” event on 24 March 2016.
First time ever a Regional Council is being challenged for giving our water away – Aotearoa Water Action – protect our water from international water miners
Project 2018-02-12 09:05:20 UTC
the challenge…
Last year Environment Canterbury (aka ECan) issued consents to two water bottling companies that allow them to bottle over 24 million litres per day of precious Canterbury aquifer water from bores in Belfast, North Christchurch.
The consents are based on historical permits for the Silver Fern Farms works and the Kaputone Wool Scour. Those industries used only a tiny fraction of the consented water ‘take’ but the bottling companies will be using every last drop.
The aquifer is fully allocated and ECan doesn’t understand the potential effects of the increased extraction on artesian pressures and water quality; on freshwater ecosystems; on neighbouring bores; or on the community water supply, because there have been no assessments. Despite this they’ve bent over backwards to find a process that will enable the bottling to go ahead without public consultation. We’ll be challenging the legality of that process.
At the time of writing this nearly 90,000 people had signed Genevieve Robinson’s petition calling for the consent to be revoked.
However, construction is going ahead and a new bore has been drilled.
We don’t want NZ to stop at protest when we can use the law to protect our water. We have an opinion from a top Queen’s Counsel that we have a strong case and we’re ready to bring legal proceedings to overturn the Belfast bottling consents. But we need your help…
Please click on a reward (to the right) to pledge. If you have any trouble pledging please let us know so we can fix the problem.
For deposits direct into our bank account use: Aotearoa Water Action Incorporated 38 9019 0530141 00
Cheques can be made out to Aotearoa Water Action Inc. & dropped at Linwood Law’s offices at 15 Buckleys Rd Linwood, Christchurch.
Thanks for your generosity!
Email: aotearoawateraction@gmail.com
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/5556-bottle-off-stop-the-belfast-bottling-plants
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Are you eating plastic?
What are false flags? (Essential info for understanding history)
“Provocation is one of the most basic, but confounding aspects of warfare. Despite its sometimes obvious use, it has succeeded consistently against audiences around the world, for millennia, to compel war.” …. J.D. Maddox (former CIA Counterterrorism Center, Chief Intelligence Advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security
Published on Oct 4, 2017
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‘drop the economic development arm of Kapiti Coast District Council’
Guy Burns, Deputy Chair of the Raumati Paraparaumu Community Board is urging Councillors to drop the economic development arm of Kapiti Coast District Council.
“We have entered the silly season when rates raise their ugly head. Currently Council are considering introducing a commercial targeted rate for economic development, which will further increase costs for businesses.
“History shows that Council is ineffective and wasteful when attempting economic development. For example, $1.5 million was loaned to Otaki’s Clean Tech Park in 2012; within a couple of years Clean Tech was wound up at a great cost to ratepayers.
“Kapiti Coast District Council’s current economic development activities seem to consist of developing a website, grants, and coordinating and reporting on economic matters. Such things are best left for businesses and private enterprise to organise and develop. The best way Council can facilitate economic growth is to reduce red-tape and cumbersome compliance requirements.
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Humans will be genetically modified for the first time in Europe as scientists get the go-ahead to use DNA-splicing therapy to treat blood disorder
Notice ‘they’ always have a ‘good’ reason to proceed … ‘TO TREAT BLOOD DISORDER’. Sure. Another article I see says they are going to grow human organs in animals. NO THANKS!
Humans will be genetically modified for the first time in Europe after regulators have given the go ahead to trial DNA-splicing therapy.
A destructive blood disorder known as beta thalassaemia, which reduces the production of haemoglobin, could be cured using this therapy.
Haemoglobin carries the oxygen the body needs to its cells and without sufficient amounts those with the disease can be left with bone deformities, anaemia, slow growth, fatigue and shortness of breath.
Scientists at the biotech company Crispr hope that they can alter the body’s code to stop the genetic mutation and restore healthy levels of haemoglobin.
The disease is the first to be treated using this method in Europe and experts have said that the trials hold promise.
Similar trials have taken place in China however they do not have the same restrictive regulations as Europe or the U.S.
Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, Group…
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This antibiotic will ruin you.
Hi there, we need to talk. My name is Amy Moser. I have almost written this post at least 20 times and got too overwhelmed and abandoned it. Well here goes…
The antibiotics you took or are taking for your sinus infection, UTI, skin infection, laser eye surgery…ect…may have already damaged you.
Cipro, Levaquin, Avalox, nearly every generic ending in “quin”, “oxacin,””ox,”…are all part of a large family of antibiotics called “Fluoroquinolones.” The FDA finally updated their warning on these antibiotics as of July 2016. They site “multiple system damage that may be irreversible. Permanent you guys. Here is the link for the warning if you are a doubting Thomas: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm500143.htm. Take a gander real quick if you are reading this with an eyebrow raised. Trust me, I wish I had been given the opportunity to soak up this information before it was too late.
In 2010, I took…
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Russia Has “Irrefutable Evidence” UK Staged Syrian Chemical Attack
From zerohedge.com via thecontrail.com
Yes, this is how the U.S. conducts terror: by media lies and deception. Keep your eyes open, citizens. Don’t emotionally knee-jerk as you have been programmed to do. Wait for the other shoe to drop ~ Elana Freeland.
Zero Hedge ~ Tyler Durden
As the blame game over the alleged chemical attack in Syria escalates ahead of what is expected to be an imminent, if contained, air strike campaign by the US, UK and/or France against Syria, on Friday morning, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had “irrefutable evidence” that the attack – which allegedly killed more than 40 people in an April 7 chemical weapons strike on the former rebel outpost of Douma -was staged with the help of a foreign secret service.
“We have irrefutable evidence that this was another staged event…
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Monsanto’s latest marketing ploy: Labeling GMOs as “biofortified”
GMOs have been getting a bad name for quite some time now, and it’s hardly surprising given the near-constant stream of evidence showing the harms caused by genetically engineered crops and the pesticides used on them. As people increasingly make an effort to avoid buying these products, Monsanto has come up with a new idea to trick people into forking over their hard-earned money for its health-destroying products.
The Waking Times reports that Monsanto is trying to manipulate the definitions used on food labels in such a way that GMOs could be labeled as “biofortified foods.”
Codex Alimentarius is a collection of codes and guidelines created by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization to standardize world food trade and its production and safety. Codex was mulling a proposal to allow a company to use the term “biofortified” on vegetables that use conventional cross-breeding to increase the content of certain nutrients to help give malnourished populations a nutrition boost.
Monsanto sensed an opportunity here and set out to exploit it. They used their influence to try to convince delegates to have the definition of “biofortified” broadened to include foods that have been genetically modified. The National Health Federation (NHF), which is the only natural health advocate with a seat at Codex, reports that many of the delegates saw right through Monsanto’s attempt to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes, and the move was even denounced during the meeting. Nevertheless, the topic will be debated when the group convenes in Berlin this November under a new chairperson.
NHF President Scott Tips said: “It is a very sad state of affairs where we have come to the point where we must manipulate our natural foods to provide better nutrition all because we have engaged in very poor agricultural practices that have seen a 50% decline in the vitamins and minerals in our foods over the last 50 years. We will not remedy poor nutrition by engaging in deceptive marketing practices and sleight of hand with this definition.”
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https://www.food.news/2018-01-20-monsantos-latest-marketing-ploy-labeling-gmos-as-biofortified.html
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The Real Reason for the Syria Attack
They are beating the war drums again. Mainstream is full of it. Check out the Daily Mail with all their images of shiny weapons & machinery.
Published on Apr 14, 2018
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