Scoop Images: Water Pressure Group At Ike’s House
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 11:05 am
Press Release: The Water Pressure Group

The Water
Pressure group are holding a protest outside Ike's villa in
Grey Lynn to stop the council from taking down his
anti-Metrowater signs. Ike's front lawn is covered with
signs. The signs speak out against the privatisation of
water services in Auckland and councillors involved in
allowing this to happen.

The Water Pressure
group are against the privatisation of water and the
waste-water charges brought in by the "LATE", Metrowater.
They encourage citizens not to pay Metrowater. They will
help people turn back on their water if it is turned off by
the council.
Passers by got free demonstrations of how to
turn back a blocked water main
themselves.


For more info about
Water Pressure go to
http://www.water-pressure-group.org.nz
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