Valley Action to hold meeting in Petone, Lower Hutt - NZ not for sale...

Valley Action to hold public meeting in Lower Hutt...



'VAN' – Valley Action Network, in conjunction with the Hutt South Green Party, is proud to host a public meeting in Petone, Lower Hutt, as part of the NZ Not For Sale Campaign (www.nznotforsale.org)

The meeting, featuring visiting speaker Murray Horton, is at 7.45pm on April 19, at the Petone Community House, 6 Britannia St. There are also meetings in other North Island centres this month (details at: http://www.nznotforsale.org/murray-horton-speaking-tour-april-2011-2).

Murray is the spokesperson for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA). He will be talking about:

* The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the dangers it poses to the NZ economy and to our democracy.
* Privatisation of our public assets.
* The takeover of NZ businesses and land by transnational corporations.
* The re-absorption of NZ into the US Empire.
* And, most, importantly, how the New Zealand people can fight back; it’s too important to be left up to the politicians.

Come along! This issue affects us all.

NZ Not For Sale

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Nature's fury - massive storm hit New Zealand yesterday...

Image via Wikipedia The huge storm hitting New Zealand is already causing chaos for emergency services in the Hutt Valley north of Wellington.


The power is out, trees and sheds are on fire and more than 100 lightning strikes have been recorded in the Hutt Valley and Kapiti Coast in the past two hours, according to media reports.



New Zealanders are being warned to brace for the storm, which the New Zealand Herald described as "one of the biggest storms on the planet".



The worst of the storm has hit on the West Coast and Southern Alps where heavy rain is falling, with snow down to 200 metres in places.



Visit the New Zealand Transport agency for updates on road conditions.





Tasman Storm Sparks Concerns


Later this afternoon a storm front is expected to hit entire the North Island.


Heavy rain and winds of up to 130km/h are expected.



The wild weather is expected to bring extreme conditions over the next 48 hours.



New Zealanders are being warned to stay away from the beaches as the storm hits

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Just had an email from my brother in Christchurch...

Just had an email from my brother in Christchurch...
Just had an email from my brother in Christchurch. The family are all well there. But he said he has had a gutsful of the continuing after shocks. They are driving him crazy. He is also back to work driving his bus, but is apprehensive about driving part of his shift in the dark.



There are distinct problems there in CHCH - the liquifecation of the ground. The sandy type of ground has ben pummelled into a thick gruel that seeps and sometimes spurts out of the ground. It is feared that huge sections in the eastern side of the city will not be able to be rebuilt on. They could turn into hectares of parkland. This scenario has been observed in california and at other earthquake sites.



An after shock this morning off the Port of Lyttleton may have actually been another earthquake. This is deeply concerning for the government and other authorities there. Is there to be another round of earthquakes in New Zealand? They have had one with its after shocks near Hastings in the Hawkes Bay area on the North Island east coast.



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NZ police nab potheads in cannabis sweep...

NZ police nab potheads in cannabis sweep...

A cannabis sweep in the eastern North Island has seen 260 people arrested and 40,000 cannabis plants destroyed

Two hundred and sixty people have been arrested and 40,000 cannabis plants destroyed in a sweep across the eastern North Island.

The police annual cannabis recovery operation covered an area from the bottom of the Coromandel to Central Hawke's Bay, including Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty.

Customs, Ministry of Fisheries and Inland Revenue staff were also involved in the operation.

Thirty people are facing drug dealing charges, another 88 face a variety of other drugs charges.

A large quantity of cash and five vehicles have been seized. Twenty seven firearms and a P lab were found during searches of various houses.



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