"Last Chance to Protect Our Water" - AWA's Court of Appeal Campaign
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"Last Chance To Protect Our Water" - AWA's Court Of Appeal Campaign
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THIS PLASTIC FREE JULY please help us (one last time) to #stopthebottling!
Your support could help stop the production of up to 8 billion plastic bottles per year & protect our wai
To Pledge...
Click on any of the buttons to the right and follow the instructions.
THANK YOU!
For the first time we're not offering rewards - let us know your thoughts on that.
And if you can't pledge you can still help us A LOT by sharing this page far and wide, via email or social media (or both), and by telling your friends and family!
Your support...
will give us the best chance we have of overturning a High Court Decision that:
Allows Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources Limited to use over 8 billion litres of water per year for bottled water export.
Has implications for the way water is allocated across New Zealand, making it a simple exercise to change the use of existing water permits without being able to alter the conditions of the water 'take'.
Effectively increases the rights of water permit holders and supports a market for water via land sales.
Suggests that when granting consents for water bottling, the effects of plastic bottles on the environment can not be considered
Did not adequately consider the concerns of local iwi/Maori
Why we're fundraising again
Now, if you feel like you're having a deja vu moment you're not going mad - we HAVE run this Court of Appeal campaign once before...
With NZ's help we raised $55,000 to get to the Court of Appeal, but the High Court took us by surprise and awarded the respondants over $70,000 in costs.
After paying that, we still have some funds in the bank but we need to raise at least another $30,000 - all for legal bills.
N.B. Our committee team is 100% happily unpaid, so every cent you give goes towards legal costs.
Finally, if we win (and we think we can), any money left unspent, and any costs awarded in our favour, will be set aside for other community legal cases that aim to protect our wai.
Aotearoa Water Action
AWA was 'born' in 2018 to take on Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) and challenge the water bottling consents granted to Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources Limited.
Since then we have helped Sustainable Otakiri take on bottling company Cresswell NZ;
We have delivered to ECan a 114,000-strong petition against the Cloud Ocean consents;
And thanks in large part to our team it is now LGNZ's policy to advocate for a moratorium on new applications to bottle water.
AWA's co-convenors are:
Mike Currie and Liana Kelly
Members include:
Queenstown Lakes District Councillor, Niki Gladding Niki talks water bottling with Tim Lynch
Marine mammal advocate, Genevieve Robinson
Christchurch lawyer, Peter Richardson (N.B. Peter is not paid for his services as instructing solicitor)
Peter at the 2019 March for Water
Media
Christchurch City Council funds AWA
Cloud Ocean Water in Growth Mode
Water Bottling hiatus Urged as Cloud Ocean touts growth
NZ Councils pass remit to advocate for a moratorium on new water bottling consents
Huge thanks to all who have supported us with your skills & donations & good wishes over the last 3 years.
You are all amazing. KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!
"HEY HEY, HO HO...YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR H2O!"
To find out more about AWA and stay up to date visit us on Facebook or check out our website
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04/08/2021 at 2:39pm
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"This is such an important cause. It defies ethics and logic to allow money to be made out of such a precious resource."
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"Go Well!! Thanks for all you are doing to help our wonderful, natural water that belongs to all of Aotearoa! "
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"Kia kaha, kia toa tātou! (Go hard, and may we be victorious!)."
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"Thanks fir all your hard work . "
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"Every Kiwi needs to get behind this campaign."
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Project 2021-06-25 16:48:26 +1200
THIS PLASTIC FREE JULY please help us (one last time) to #stopthebottling!
Your support could help stop the production of up to 8 billion plastic bottles per year & protect our wai
To Pledge...
Click on any of the buttons to the right and follow the instructions.
THANK YOU!
For the first time we're not offering rewards - let us know your thoughts on that.
And if you can't pledge you can still help us A LOT by sharing this page far and wide, via email or social media (or both), and by telling your friends and family!
Your support...
will give us the best chance we have of overturning a High Court Decision that:
Allows Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources Limited to use over 8 billion litres of water per year for bottled water export.
Has implications for the way water is allocated across New Zealand, making it a simple exercise to change the use of existing water permits without being able to alter the conditions of the water 'take'.
Effectively increases the rights of water permit holders and supports a market for water via land sales.
Suggests that when granting consents for water bottling, the effects of plastic bottles on the environment can not be considered
Did not adequately consider the concerns of local iwi/Maori
Why we're fundraising again
Now, if you feel like you're having a deja vu moment you're not going mad - we HAVE run this Court of Appeal campaign once before...
With NZ's help we raised $55,000 to get to the Court of Appeal, but the High Court took us by surprise and awarded the respondants over $70,000 in costs.
After paying that, we still have some funds in the bank but we need to raise at least another $30,000 - all for legal bills.
N.B. Our committee team is 100% happily unpaid, so every cent you give goes towards legal costs.
Finally, if we win (and we think we can), any money left unspent, and any costs awarded in our favour, will be set aside for other community legal cases that aim to protect our wai.
Aotearoa Water Action
AWA was 'born' in 2018 to take on Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) and challenge the water bottling consents granted to Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources Limited.
Since then we have helped Sustainable Otakiri take on bottling company Cresswell NZ;
We have delivered to ECan a 114,000-strong petition against the Cloud Ocean consents;
And thanks in large part to our team it is now LGNZ's policy to advocate for a moratorium on new applications to bottle water.
AWA's co-convenors are:
Mike Currie and Liana Kelly
Members include:
Queenstown Lakes District Councillor, Niki Gladding Niki talks water bottling with Tim Lynch
Marine mammal advocate, Genevieve Robinson
Christchurch lawyer, Peter Richardson (N.B. Peter is not paid for his services as instructing solicitor)
Peter at the 2019 March for Water
Media
Christchurch City Council funds AWA
Cloud Ocean Water in Growth Mode
Water Bottling hiatus Urged as Cloud Ocean touts growth
NZ Councils pass remit to advocate for a moratorium on new water bottling consents
Huge thanks to all who have supported us with your skills & donations & good wishes over the last 3 years.
You are all amazing. KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!
"HEY HEY, HO HO...YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR H2O!"
To find out more about AWA and stay up to date visit us on Facebook or check out our website
Comments
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We haven't made any updates yet, follow us if you want to be notified when we do.
04/08/2021 at 2:39pm
"Love your work. You all rock ❤️"
04/08/2021 at 2:34pm
"This is such an important cause. It defies ethics and logic to allow money to be made out of such a precious resource."
04/08/2021 at 9:03am
02/08/2021 at 4:22pm
30/07/2021 at 4:03pm
24/07/2021 at 11:14pm
24/07/2021 at 7:08pm
24/07/2021 at 2:25pm
24/07/2021 at 12:42pm
24/07/2021 at 10:10am
24/07/2021 at 9:32am
"Go Well!! Thanks for all you are doing to help our wonderful, natural water that belongs to all of Aotearoa! "
23/07/2021 at 11:02pm
23/07/2021 at 9:51pm
23/07/2021 at 6:51pm
23/07/2021 at 5:06pm
"Kia kaha, kia toa tātou! (Go hard, and may we be victorious!)."
23/07/2021 at 4:54pm
23/07/2021 at 4:07pm
"Thanks fir all your hard work . "
23/07/2021 at 3:05pm
23/07/2021 at 2:58pm
21/07/2021 at 7:32pm
21/07/2021 at 5:09pm
21/07/2021 at 8:48am
20/07/2021 at 12:54pm
20/07/2021 at 10:06am
"NZ water for future KIWIS!"
19/07/2021 at 2:28pm
"Every Kiwi needs to get behind this campaign."