Keep Our Port Public

The campaign to keep the Port of Lyttelton in public ownership

Archive for April, 2006

Plan calls for port ownership review

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3651226a6510,00.html By KAREN GOODGER and KATE SHUTTLEWORTH Port Nelson’s ownership will be reviewed, according to the Nelson City Council’s draft long-term community plan.

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Christchurch Wants To Flog Off Lyttelton Port Company To Hong Kong TNC

An article by Murray Horton from the April 2006 Foreign Control Watchdog In February 2006 the City Council of the “People’s Republic of Christchurch” dropped a bombshell. It announced that, via Christchurch City Holdings Ltd (the holding company for all the city’s trading assets) it would bid for the 31% of the Lyttelton Port Company [...]

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KOPP lodges complaints against port sale

KOPP (Keep Our Port Public) will be lodging a complaint later this week with both the Auditor-General and the Ombudsman in respect of the planned sale by the Christchurch City Council of a large portion of its shareholding in Lyttelton Port Company.

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KOPP to complain to Auditor General and Ombudsman

KOPP (Keep Our Port Public) will be lodging a complaint later this week with both the Auditor-General and the Ombudsman in respect of the planned sale by the Christchurch City Council of a large portion of its shareholding in Lyttelton Port Company.

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Canterbury Government MPs need to translate their opposition to Lyttelton Port Sale into Government Action

Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) is delighted that a number of Canterbury’s Labour and Progressive MPs have come out with such a strong statement opposing the Christchurch City Council’s proposed sale of half of the Lyttelton Port Company to Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd of Hong Kong.

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MPs express ‘serious concerns’ on proposed port sale

The Press While two port companies joust for control of Lyttelton Port’s minority shareholders, Christchurch’s Labour MPs have come out against any sale of the port to a private offshore port operator.

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MPs express ‘serious concerns’ on proposed port sale

Tuesday 11 April 2006 – The Press While two port companies joust for control of Lyttelton Port’s minority shareholders, Christchurch’s Labour MPs have come out against any sale of the port to a private offshore port operator.

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Speech by Murray Horton to Keep Our Port Public Meeting, Christchurch Town Hall, 10 April 2006

I have been asked to give a global overview of what is going on with ports. And as I am the only speaker from the coalition organising this public meeting and this campaign, namely Keep Our Port Public, I will also be speaking on its behalf. KOPP is made up of a number of different [...]

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Council just doesn’t get it – it’s our port, not theirs’

The Keep Our Port Public coalition is expecting a big turn out to its Monday April 10 meeting on why the port of Lyttelton should stay in public ownership. Around 50 supporters of public ownership of the port picketed the Christchurch City Council office on Thursday morning, and most went in to hear the Council [...]

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Fracas develops over CCHL advertisements for Lyttelton shares: NBR

http://www.nbr.co.nz/print/print.asp?id=14912&cid=4&cname=Business+Today A national advertising campaign launched today by Christchurch City Holdings Ltd encouraging Lyttelton Port Company [NZSX:LPC] shareholders to sell into a takeover bid has drawn protests from all sides.

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