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22/02/2009 at 22:22:27 HUM and FRY and a POKE in the EYE ACTION GROUPS AGAINST CELL PHONE SITES NZ NEWSLETTER 3 Weeks Ending Friday Feb 20 Monday Feb 2 MAJOR COCK-UP IDENTIFIED IN VODAFONE CONSENT FOR THE WAIHEKE BOWLING CLUB SITE David Rankin, Auckland City Council CEO, in his reply to questions posed to him by the Ombudsmen’s Office, points out a major cock-up. The planners identified the house next door to the Bowling Club would be adversely affected and in line with the provisions of the RMA sought written permission from the owners. However they cocked up and got written permission from the owners of the house across the road. This house was deemed not adversely affected by the planners which means: They did not meet the provisions of the RMA and as such the consent must be invalid! We are pursuing this via official channels. Thursday Feb 5 Received a copy of the guarantee the Titahi Bay team presented to Telecom of which Telecom would not sign. A copy of the guarantee is at the bottom of this newsletter Saturday 7 I put together the Objectives we require from our Working Party and send it to our Community Board representatives and our Councillor. It includes the guarantee. Email me if you’d like a copy. In a nutshell: If the towers are safe then Telecom and friends should sign a guarantee. If they won’t sign then the towers don’t go ahead. Simple. Tuesday 10 Three good websites Mast Sanity:
So the data in the WCB report looks OK at a glance but in fact the output could be 10 times greater than what some scientists are recommending as safe. Who do we believe? It’s not up to the Telecommunication companies to risk our safety. The one that had the President Obama story on Powerwatch
The information is evolving but the standards haven’t ? there is a serious disconnect happening Wednesday 11 Eastern Courier (Auckland) runs the following story: Residents sign petition opposing antennaThe Dannemora (Auckland) team hold their first workshop with Vodafone and Council representatives on Monday 23rd. Scary stuff but the team are very competent, Vodafone are not going to enjoy the workshop! Monday 16 We meet with Nikki Kaye at her first constituents meeting. Nikki is taking our petition to Parliament plus taking our letter to John Key to John Key Thursday 19 Rumours of a group objecting to a tower in Waterview (Auckland) ? nothing in the press yet? TELECOM GUARANTEE STATEMENT FOR MARK RATCLIFFE I, Mark Ratcliffe, as representative of Telecom NZ and Chorus, hereby guarantee that any cell phone tower installed at 2 Tiriti Road, Titahi Bay, Porirua, New Zealand, shall have absolutely no impact on the health and well being of any persons living in the vicinity of the tower site. I acknowledge that I have been have been informed that said persons may at times include young children and pregnant mothers. In the event that future research proves a statistically significant link between cell phone towers and any disease or condition in persons living in the vicinity of cell phone towers, or new legislation results in the tower not complying with new criteria, Telecom shall fully compensate any persons that are injured or affected by the tower at 2 Tiriti Rd, Titahi Bay, Porirua and shall remove the tower from the site. Signed .............................. Printed Name .............................. Date.......................... Witnesses Signed........................ Printed name.......................... Signed........................ Printed name.......................... Signed........................ Printed name.......................... SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOUS HUM AND FRY NEWSLETTER: THE GOOD
THE BAD
And THE UGLY
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