NZ First wouldn’t let this happen…
We at NZ First are outraged. The very day that the Reserve Bank tries to instill some confidence in the New Zealand economy (too little and a bit too late in our opinion, but at least they are finally waking up to reality), Contact Energy blunders ahead with plans to double directors’ fees while increasing customer’s charges by 10 percent. One step forward, two steps back!
How can this be allowed to happen?
Simple. Contact Energy’s majority owner is a foreign company, in this case Australian energy company Origin. Despite New Zealand shareholders voraciously opposing the increase in directors’ fees, the Aussie company gets its way.
This is exactly what happens when our best assets are hocked off to foreign interests. We lose the ability to control our own economy. In difficult economic times, the interests of the overseas owners will always come first. They couldn’t give a stuff about this country.
New Zealand First does give a stuff. This election, saving and protecting of our assets for our future is a key plank of or policy. No other political party pays as much attention to this issue as NZ First, or has the track record to deliver on it. If you want to save and protect your assets, you know what to do on November 8th.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Winston, I would like to vote for NZFirst, but a vote for you is a
vote for Labour.
Winston says “Sam, a vote for NZ First is a vote for NZ First - remember the make up of a government is decided by you voters - not politicians. We are keeping an open mind and we know things can change.”
October 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Watch NAT back down Sam.
Just watch them. Peters will get 5% and Key will offer Peters a Ministerial position to try to make a Government.
NAT openly acknowledge that Peters was a bloody good foreign minister.
October 28th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Sam, a vote for NZ First is a vote for leadership from the Centre, not to the left nor right, but upwards, for all.
Through a higher and all-inclusive New Zealand savings, investment and ownership culture the current recession can become the stimulus for the increased productivity and higher earnings we need to cover the increasing welfare, health etc. costs AT STABLE OR RELATIVELY REDUCED TAXATION RATES.
The priority from the Centre is not so much a bigger slice of the cake at someone else’s expense, but rather, a bigger cake with a biggger slice for all!
October 28th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Hi Winston, I hate power companies. I’m a Contact Energy customer and after ringing around they were all pretty much the same. Heck, Trustpower next May, according to it’s operator, is raising both it’s day and day/night rates in my area to be THE SAME - 27 cents/kwh! I’m only stating what the operator told me so people might like to verify this. That’s over a 30% increase! I’m sick to death of the co-ordinated pricing power that these oligopolies have in New Zealand. How are New Zealanders, in the centre of an economic melt down, going to be able to afford that…all of the others will match it.
The other power issue I have with the government is the ridiculous stranglehold Kioto has over this countries ability to invest in real power generation. Every winter it’s the same. Every summer it’s the same and we run around doing rain dances. Solar and wind generation are great but they won’t solve the problem. Cheers.