The levies. It's all about the levies. Time to take stock

[Nasty]

Well i'm sure Anne will do It again.

But it is your idea Mrs Busa Pete ... so why not run with it, there are many people in Auckland and lots of different things to do .... There is no stopping anyone actually starting and working through it ... why load all the pressure onto one person?

[MSTRS:Me]

Well i'm sure Anne will do It again.

I'm sure she will. If no-one else puts their hand up.
As has been said, there are thousands of bikers in and around Auckland. Why should someone from Warkworth always have to be the one to organise things?
Doesn't have to be you, but is there any reason why it shouldn't be, if you want to see it happen and if you want to do the work?

[retro asian]

I sort of thought maybe something playing on the "many faces of bikers" theme - y'know, biker+teacher+taxpayer; biker+mother+taxpayer; biker+whatever+taxpayer. Something doable along them lines?

Something with more Pizazz = better media coverage....I like the pirate idea.

[Mrs Busa Pete]

I'm sure she will. If no-one else puts their hand up.
As has been said, there are thousands of bikers in and around Auckland. Why should someone from Warkworth always have to be the one to organise things?
Doesn't have to be you, but is there any reason why it shouldn't be, if you want to do the work?

I have no intentions on doing anything and the Sunday Breakfast/Brunch anyone idea was Annes so there is no way i will get involved with that How ever i will attend.

Wendy & Pete

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

How about a 'relay' of bikers taking the 'message' to parlament?

Dont know what form the message takes, could be the petition, could be a Christmas card, could be letters we all write..........something anyway.

But a traveling relay passing on the 'message' from all corners of both islands ending in Wellington may get the media interested eh!

[HenryDorsetCase]

It's all gone a bit quiet.

A spectacular ride event on a weekend between now and Xmas. What, where? Needs a theme.

Crash the Santa Parade. Yes I am serious

[James Deuce]

Personally I'm uncomfortable with making it about the levies. It just makes us look like grasping bastards.

It's about National selling ACC to the Australian insurance industry piecemeal and making every Kiwi's life that bit more expensive without any return in investment coming back to NZ.

ACC are NZOG's #2 investor. How much slower is Southern Ocean oil exploration and extraction going to be if NZOG lose that investment? That Oil is clearly the key to our future wealth and prosperity, much like North Sea oil turned Norway into an Economic powerhouse despite a small population and a previously primary produce based economy (fish - fish now all dead). Moving food around is going to become prohibitively expensive if eco-weenies get their way, so effectively our fish will be dead soon too.

Complaining about our wallets when the Government is trying to portray us as Rich Urban Bikers with a deadly hobby is just asking for the righteous indignation of Joe Public to power a raise in our levies because we deserve it.

Oh, can we knock the "Angry Biker" thing on the head? Anger has no place in the process of negotiating a settlement.

[MSTRS:Me]

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I have no intentions on doing anything and the Sunday Breakfast/Brunch anyone idea was Annes so there is no way i will get involved with that How ever i will attend.

Wendy & Pete

That's just ridiculous. Not to mention childish. There's no copyright on the brunch/park thing, nor does it matter whose idea it was.
You asked what's happening. You made a good suggestion.
If you want it to happen, do it yourself. Don't expect or rely on others to do all the work, all the time.
This ACC issue affects every one of us, whether we can afford higher regos, or not.
Without meaning to lecture, if something is important enough, you/me/him/her/them will get off our arse and do something about it. Others will lend a hand to organise/turn up to support.
If you are not prepared to put your money where your mouth is, then put your wallet away.

[Mrs Busa Pete]

If you are not prepared to put your money where your mouth is, then put your wallet away.

And this bull shit is why i won't do anything to help other than turning up to what ever. Tell me john have you targeted other people that has posted on here and said they are only idea people not doer's i think not.

As far as putting my money where my mouth is as you well know i will. So maybe with that i just go pay the increase and be done with.

Have a nice day
Wendy & Pete

[MSTRS:Me]

And this bull shit is why i won't do anything to help other than turning up to what ever. Tell me john have you targeted other people that has posted on here and said they are only idea people not doer's i think not.

As far as putting my money where my mouth is as you well know i will. So maybe with that i just go pay the increase and be done with.

Have a nice day
Wendy & Pete

FFS - I haven't targeted anyone. Not even you. Why you would think that's what I am doing, I can't understand.
You were the one that asked what's happening. Someone asked why you can't be an organiser. (another thread)
You came up with a good idea. Why you wouldn't want to organise an 'event' around that idea, I don't know.
As far as your money is concerned, I know just how generous you can be. We won't ever forget that. And anyone that says different can answer to me.
However - that's not what I meant before. All I meant was if something isn't happening to your satisfaction, DO IT YOURSELF.

[bogan]

Crash the Santa Parade. Yes I am serious

christmas parade is for the kiddies, no point in us wrecking that. However, joining the christmas parade could be fun!

Personally I'm uncomfortable with making it about the levies. It just makes us look like grasping bastards.

agreed, there are a lot of other people unhappy with what ACC has turned into, how bout we address the bigger issue, and give the wider public a chance to protest too.

[Kflasher]

It's all gone a bit quiet...

Agreed a little to quiet.
I was impressed with the Mission Bay effect, tried to spark some interest in the BOP (Mt Maunganui – Hot spot) but very little interest as too close to Christmas I guess, or could have been down to me being new (retread) to the TGA TNR’s

But I think this is the point, we need to be were the public will see us, be in there way and be noticed but legally… at this stage anyway’s.

[Okey Dokey]

How about a motorcycle doing a bungy jump?

That would be news!

Or maybe a woolly bike being shorn; the government is "fleecing" us!

Just brainstorming some visuals the tv may like...

[allycatz]

How about trying to get a line of bikes stretching from one end of NZ to the other...Bikoi brought out the 'wow' factor and something like this could do the same...mite even make a guiness record or something. Could maybe be used to pass completed petitions up and down the country back to Parliament

[MSTRS:Me]

Crash the Santa Parade. Yes I am serious

Go right ahead. Make sure you have your sprinting gear on. Oh - and a bulletproof vest. Cos you'll need it...