On 4-8-2020 according to the BBC a quantity of ammonium nitrate stored in a Beirut warehouse, caught fire and exploded. 137 are reported dead and 5,000 injured. The scene is of utter devastation. People are asking why was such hazardous explosive material stored near a residential area? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53668493 Today, an article appeared in the ODT…
Category: People power

Democracy in disarray
I led a group of representatives of the Brook Valley Community Group who were refused a hearing by Nelson City Mayor Rachel Reece at today’s “Public Forum”. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=590325888189852&id=100016373387581&sfnsn=mo The Brook community requested a speaking slot in the public forum last week, but were told this morning that a decision had been made that it was…

5G just became an election issue
Fantastic news follows last Saturday’s “5G Global Day of Protest” in over 250 cities around the world. Communities throughout New Zealand and in at least 25 other countries united in a mass show of “people power”, using education, protests and other activities to highlight the demand for more consultation, community involvement and precaution in adoption…

EXPLOITATION OF OUR WATER BY OVERSEAS CORPORATIONS MUST STOP NOW
By Sue Grey LLB(Hons), BSc a specialist in complex emerging issues and Co-leader of the NZ Outdoors Party. Our heritage of clean rivers for public access and enjoyment has long been under threat from many challenges including contamination from corporate farming, chemicals and effluent. In recent years a new and even more fundamental threat has…

Lets get International Help to STOP 1080 Ecocide.
This week the Department of Conservation has admitted that 50% (six out of 12) monitored kea died following a 1080 poison drop in the Matukituki Valley, near Wanaka. We dont know how many unmonitored kea died but must assume 50% of those too. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/six-kea-found-dead-near-wanaka-following-1080-drop This follows a series of cases where our iconic and endangered…

1080 Poison- is it “deadly” or “safe”… surely something so important shouldn’t depend on who you ask?
1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is approved and labelled as a “deadly poison”. In 2007 its re-approval by ERMA was limited to targeting possums. Rats, mast years and mega masts were not identified as a problem until recently. ERMA approved 1080 use but only where there was social licence, after consultation with affected communities, and only in…
Concerned voices on 5G
https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/sue-grey-robin-kelly-nzers-awakening-to-the-implications-of-5g-as-grandparents-become-involved Thank you Tim Lynch, Dr Robin Kelly and the Green Planet team for helping share our voices and concerns about the way 5G is being imposed on us, …. There is a quickening across New Zealand that is quite unprecedented as ordinary citizens become aware of the problematic health effects of 5G. It is…

What do guns, poisons, medicinal cannabis and 5G all have in common
I’ve only recently become interested in the gun law reforms. I used to think that guns were dangerous and the less the better. However after witnessing the positive energy at the Sika show, acting for diverse interests promoting public good law reform and undertaking some research on gun related issues, I’ve realised that the government’s…

5G- So many celltowers …do we really need more?
If you feel like you don’t know enough about the health and environmental risks from 5G, you are not alone. Neither does our government. Nor do the international insurers, who have rejected cover for 5G due to the unassessable risk. Lets adopt a precautionary approach and have a moratorium on the rollout and adoption of…

5G Planet FM Sue Grey radio interview goes live Thursday 22 August at 8am
Sue Grey: 5G – The educational imperative to share, especially with mothers of the dangers of this technology. This interview clearly explains that the NZ Health Ministry is not following the guidelines as laid down in the NZ Health Act of 1956. Tomorrow in Auckland – on RADIO 8-9am Thursday 22nd of August…