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Manukau campaign launch - feel the beat!
Saturday, 11 August 2007, 1:15 pm | Residents Action Movement
The exciting Cook Island performance group TE VAKA O MAUI kicks off RAM's Manukau campaign launch for the council elections. Come and feel the beat of the drums! More >>
ARC chair flees sinking City Vision ship
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 9:39 am | Residents Action Movement
Mike Lee, chair of the Auckland Regional Council, is set to announce his sideways shift from the openly Labour Party-dominated City Vision ticket in favour of a supposedly "non-party" Regional People ticket. More >>
Australian extremist in NZ to wage war on Islam
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 9:53 am | Residents Action Movement
Anti-war MP GEORGE GALLOWAY was recently suspended for 18 days from the British Parliament by pro-war politicians he has been fighting for decades. In the longest investigation in its history, a Westminster parliamentary committee found that Mr Galloway was ... More >>
Community leaders support Voices of Peace
Sunday, 22 July 2007, 1:39 pm | Residents Action Movement
British MP George Galloway will be speaking against Islamophobia in Auckland on 27-29 July at Voices of Peace meetings hosted by RAM, the Residents Action Movement. (Meeting details below.) More >>
A politically-inspired kangaroo court
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 9:38 am | Residents Action Movement
"The 10-person committee of pro-war British MP's who suspended George Galloway from the Westminster Parliament are spinning a web of deceitful propaganda," said Grant Morgan, organiser of RAM - Residents Action Movement. More >>
Backgrounder on George Galloway
Friday, 13 July 2007, 12:39 am | Residents Action Movement
George Galloway, left-wing British MP & international peace campaigner, will be speaking against Islamophobia in Auckland on 27-28 July at meetings hosted by RAM, the Residents Action Movement. More >>
Galloway Delighted to speak against Islamophobia
Friday, 13 July 2007, 12:04 am | Residents Action Movement
'I am delighted to speak in Auckland against Islamophobia' "I am delighted to be invited to speak in Auckland against the rising tide of Islamophobia. Racism against Muslims is the accompanying factor of George Bush's so-called War on Terror," said ... More >>
'Negative stereotyping' of Muslims
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 10:20 am | Residents Action Movement
The March 2007 edition of "Investigate" magazine carried a lengthy article by Ian Wishart which claimed that the New Zealand Muslim community is being infected by "Islamic extremism". More >>
Leaders abhor mag's negative Muslim stereotyping
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 12:31 am | Residents Action Movement
The March 2007 edition of "Investigate" magazine carried a lengthy article by Ian Wishart which claimed that the New Zealand Muslim community is being infected by "Islamic extremism". More >>
Please take a stand for peace!
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 12:24 am | Residents Action Movement
RAM unites many different communities, ethnicities & faiths. We are committed to improving the lives and the environment of grassroots people by linking you more into the governance of Greater Auckland. More >>
Councillor to deliver protest to S Korea consul
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 4:58 pm | Residents Action Movement
The government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has banned anti-war demonstrations on 17th March, the 4th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. "I am appalled at this denial of democracy by a government which has sent troops to help president ... More >>
ARTA chief executive agrees to receive RAM letter
Monday, 22 January 2007, 9:46 am | Residents Action Movement
The chief executive of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, Fergus Gammie, has agreed to receive RAM's Open Letter calling for a large-scale free buses trial as a positive alternative to recent fare hikes on buses and trains in Greater Auckland. More >>
Democracy will disintegrate under a GAC
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 10:59 am | Residents Action Movement
"If a Greater Auckland Council is set up in place of the Auckland Regional Council, then we can expect democratic values and procedures to radically disintegrate across the region," says Elaine West of RAM ¬ Residents Action Movement. More >>
The Auckland Parliament Option
Friday, 24 November 2006, 10:22 am | Residents Action Movement
All elected mayors, councillors and community board members across the Auckland region are being contacted about a RAM submission on local government reorganisation that will be presented to the Auckland Regional Council this Saturday. More >>
'Mallard is blackmailing Auckland'
Monday, 20 November 2006, 9:44 am | Residents Action Movement
No matter which way Auckland's councillors vote on the stadium, the government is aiming to legislate to get what it wants for the Rugby World Cup venue. More >>
The People Celebrate the ARC's Decision
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 5:23 pm | Residents Action Movement
The People Celebrate the ARC's Decision to Build the Western Ring Route as a Free and Open Road More >>
Mass Public Opposition to Tolling
Friday, 27 October 2006, 2:01 pm | Residents Action Movement
"People are joining forces in a mass opposition to tolling the Western Ring Route" says Elaine West of RAM - Residents Action Movement. More >>
ARC councillor opposes $800,000 'gift to Labour'
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 10:27 am | Residents Action Movement
"By a one-vote majority in a secret vote, the Auckland Regional Council has gifted $800,000 to the Labour government, about the same amount that the Auditor-General said the Labour Party had defrauded the taxpayers of New Zealand," said ARC councillor ... More >>
NZCID Report a Flawed and Biased Document
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 4:46 pm | Residents Action Movement
"The NZ Council for Infrastructure Development report is a biased and flawed document and should be seen in its proper light," says Elaine West of RAM Residents Action Movement. More >>
Hubbard Turns His Back on Ratepayers
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 5:02 pm | Residents Action Movement
"The full page newspaper advertisement that cost the Mayor of Auckland City $20,000 from his own pocket explaining why ratepayers should pay a 13.6% rate hike won't win votes in next year's local body elections" says Elaine West of RAM, Residents ... More >>