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Board thanked
I would like to thank all the members of the local board for all their hard work over the last three years and all should be proud of what has been achieved for the communities that make up Rodney.
I would make a special note about how the members have worked together to spread the resources evenly across the whole of Rodney as much as possible.
With the Rodney transport levy, we have got footpaths, bus services and park and rides that we would have never had. I am glad we had members that had the courage to go down the path of the levy. For those who wanted extra sealing, I say so few would have benefited.
For all those that are standing for re-election, I wish them success and those that are moving on, good luck for your future endeavours.
You can all say Rodney is a better place with all the achievements from your efforts on the board and your effort has not been wasted.
Malcolm Lea, Wellsford
Unify clarifies its position
I was disappointed to see your editorial’s preface on Winston Peter’s recent Warkworth speech with an entirely false characterisation of Unify NZ, nature of the presentation and the attendees (MM Aug 29). To set the record straight, Unify NZ is not aligned with Voices For Freedom, Wellington Convoy 2022 or any other specific “anti-vax/mandate group” as stated. We do have about 15 independent organisations listed on our website’s resources page encouraging people to do their own research.
Furthermore, suggesting our full house of 300-plus participants were “right wing conspiracy theorists” is unfounded, factually untrue and amounts to a misleading, discriminatory and ageist statement. For the most part, the attendee demographics consisted of mainstream, critical-thinking locals, 50-year-olds plus, with many from the greater Auckland North region. They are educated citizens questioning and deeply concerned about the current government’s overreach on a multitude of issues.
We conservatively estimate only 40% were previous or current NZ First supporters. Sadly, your early comments undermined the rest of the article, which was objective and an accurate reflection of Mr Peter’s well-received speech.
To be clear, Unify NZ is an independent, non-political, awareness group providing professionally organised, inclusive public meetings with highly qualified speakers to increase regional awareness on a variety of critical issues facing our beloved country. Our next event is Sunday, September 18 on Agenda 2030 – Fact or Fiction? Thanks Mahurangi Matters for sharing different points of view while supporting our freedom of speech during these divisive times.
Teresa Gibson, Warkworth. Unify NZ Coordinator
Editor: In the interests of accuracy, the article did not state that the audience was totally conspiracy theorists. It suggested, based on the questions, that the audience was a mix of conspiracy theorists and NZ First supporters.
