Dear Friend,

📣 Announcement: Hitting the road to Stop David Parker's proposed Central Planning Committees ✋

Thanks to the generous support of thousands of New Zealanders like you, the Taxpayers' Union is hitting to the road to fight David Parker's proposal to replace the Resource Management Act (and your local council) with co-governed Central Planning Committees.

Click here to add your name to Hands Off Our Homes! petition and we'll email you when we're coming to your town or city.

With your help, we'll be ensuring local communities know that David Parker is trying to remove planning powers from local democratic control to put them into unaccountable, co-governed, "Three Waters-style" Regional Planning Committees. 

We are delighted that nine of these events will be co-hosted with our friends at Federated Farmers who have also been vocal opponents of these changes which will pile even more costs and red tape onto hard-working New Zealand farmers.

Friend, many councils (plus councillors and Mayors) have not woken up to the fact that these new proposed laws effectively gut the power of elected officials and communities to determine what can be build where.

We have to make sure councils wake up to fight this (like most did for Three Waters) if we are to ensure the public understand what is going on, and force Chris Hipkins to u-turn on this policy before the election.

30 events in 30 towns and cities, starting Monday

We’ve decked out a van with Hands Off Our Homes! branding, teamed up with our friends at Federated Farmers, and will hit the road on Monday for old-fashioned soapbox events and town hall meetings across both islands. We are asking local leaders to come and speak out against David Parker’s power grab.

Our first event is on Monday in Christchurch at 6 pm in the Waimairi Road Community Centre.

We'll be updating the itinerary at www.TaxpayersRoadshow.nz and on our Facebook page. We are still adding events so if you're able to help out with an event in your town, please do drop us a line (hit reply to this email).

Friend, if you thought Three Waters was bad, wait til you hear about David Parker's plan to gut the democratic control of what you can build and where

With the election less than 150 days away, it is vital we get the word out on what the Government is trying to sneak through. Come along to hear about what the Central Planning Committees will mean for you and what you can do with your home/business/farm.

Can't make your local event? You can still do your part to Stop Central Planning Committees

Taking our grassroots campaign on the road means we're relying on you and the tens of thousands who are supporting this effort. Only by working together can we beat the Government's plans to seize planning powers from local communities. Please take a minute to:

>>> Print and post the roadshow poster on community noticeboards and shop windows (after getting permission, of course!)

>>> Share the poster on Facebook

>>> Share the official Hands Off Our Homes! petition 

>>> Buy a yard sign or banner to display in your garden or at the side of the road (make sure you have permission if it's not on your own land) 

>>> Donate to the Stop Central Planning Committees fund (these RMA reforms will be expensive, but so too is 4,000 kilometres of fuel!)

Most importantly, come and say hi to the team, or pick up a stack of petition pamphlets to deliver to friends and neighbours. We have plenty of Hands Off Our Homes! merchandise and we want you to take it!

We can’t wait to see you and work together with local communities and mayors to Stop Central Planning Committees.

Thank you for your support.

Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.

List of events as it stands today: