Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Auckland News First

09 Feb 2010 10:10 a.m.

Rodney Mayor Backing Northern Action Group

Rodney Mayor Penny Webster has put her weight behind the Northern Action Group as they prepare to take their anti supercity petition to Parliament tomorrow.

Mrs Webster says the passionate group attended a meeting held by Rodney MP Lockwood Smith a few months ago and weren't happy with the decision to include the whole of Rodney in the supercity.

"They were very concerned about it so they had a meeting with Rodney Hide and he suggested they put together the petition and they've got 6000 signatures."

Mrs Webster hopes the petition will be greeted with open ears at Parliament by Lockwood Smith and Northland MP John Carter.

"I'd like to think that at least they were listened to because they're really quite passionate," she says.

"People up here are feeling that they haven't been given the right information, that they didn't have a chance to debate it, that it's been sort of bulldozed through."

09 Feb 2010 10:10 a.m.
Rodney Mayor Penny Webster has put her weight behind the Northern Action Group as they prepare to take their anti supercity petition to Parliament tomorrow.
09 Feb 2010 10:05 a.m.
A number of stabbings in South Auckland have prompted an Auckland High Court Judge to call for a review of laws surrounding knife possession.
09 Feb 2010 9:50 a.m.
The Counties-Manukau Rugby Union has expressed an interest in bringing Tana Umaga back to New Zealand.
09 Feb 2010 9:44 a.m.
The Auckland City Council has announced an expanded Pasifika Festival, with new events and locations.
09 Feb 2010 9:42 a.m.
The High Court jury has heard that accused gunman Anitilea Chan Kee shot South Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh to prove the gun he was holding wasn't fake.

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