Call to Action!

Posted 14 years ago 0 comments

You are invited to be present at the presentation of the Campaign for Better Transport Petition calling for the Government to support a passenger train service between Waikato & Auckland.
See below what Kakariki House are doing about this - fabulous. Here is a challenge for all those on this list who work in businesses - give your staff a half hour off to attend this event - show the polititians that we all want/need better public transport to reduce carbon emissions, congestion and for our safety into the future.

The petition has had a terrific response, with over 11,000 signatures to date, making it easily the biggest Waikato petition in the last decade. A number of organisations, such a businesses like WISE (see below) have strongly advocated for such a link.

Please circulate this email to anyone you think may be interested.

WHERE: Hamilton Railway Station Platform
WHEN: 9.30am, Monday 29^th March

Kakariki House takes a stand! Hundreds sign train petition.

Kakariki House is supporting the efforts of the Hamilton community backed by the Campaign for Better Public Transport to get a train service running between Hamilton and Auckland. With our commitment to sustainability the choice is an easy one for us.
In addition to the environmental reasons, we have many staff who travel every week between central Auckland, Harakeke House in Manukau and Kakariki House. Some weeks we have up to twenty five staff travelling back and forth which is one hundred hours of lost time. That's a lot of time spent holding a steering wheel of a car that could be better spent reading, doing emails, writing documents or even just relaxing. Safety and comfort are also a consideration and quite simply the more time people spend on the roads, the higher the safety risk.

The only argument given against the train is that it won't make money. We all know that no train service in the world makes money and neither do our roads! We believe it's a matter of public good to have efficient roads and public transport systems. And that includes trains!

You can help! A number of people have signed the petition, now lets take a stand. Join us this coming Monday and climb on board the bus departing Kakariki House at 9am. Together we will travel to the Hamilton Train Station to show our support when the largest petition ever gathered in Hamilton is handed over to be taken to Parliament! We anticipate we'll be back at Kakariki House by 10.30am.

We hope to see you there!

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