Press Release 13.10.11- Transport

Please phone 0212343812 for comment on the Press Release below. Thursday 13th, Marton Address to a meeting of constituents in Marton; the transport policy of the Mana Party and you. Kioa ora mai ra koutou, Ngati Apa ma. I’m Peter Cleave, your Mana candidate in the Rangitikei electorate. First you tick my name on the candidate ballot, that’s Peter Cleave, then you tick the name Mana on the list ballot, that’s Mana. Tonight I want to speak about our transport policy and the need that people in our electorate have regarding transport. We live in a big electorate with a lot of farms and a number of small isolated towns such as Marton, Ratana Pa, Hunterville, Tokomaru, Bulls, Halcombe, Ohingaiti, Taihape, Mangaweka. Waiouru, National Park. Raetihi and Taumarunui. In each of the small towns above there are people who are trapped in rural poverty and these people have transport needs. To begin with there is the need to work. This works both ways, for the employer and the employee. Farmers need labour. Can the labour get to the farmgate? Are you pulling my leg? With the price of petrol these days? When you don’t even have a car? And people need transport for health needs. Most of the small towns in the Rangitikei electorate are a long way from specialist health services. To see a specialist in Palmerston North a person needs to travel a fair way from Marton or Mangaweka or Taihape. It’s also a considerable distance from National Park, Raetihi or Taumarunui to Hamilton or Rotorua. So the Mana Movement has developed a transport policy whereby transport will be free for people under 25 and over 65. And a dollar to travel for the people in between. This amounts to a revolution in public transport. Travel to power with the Mana Movement, the party with the best transport policy. Farmers themselves could benefit from the Mana Movement’s transport policy. Travel from the isolation of the area north east of Taihape to towns and cities would be less expensive for people living on farms in that area. The Mana Movement policy helps to bring rural spending power to the cities and Palmerston North Feilding ans other centres could certainly benefit from this. And while I think about it let’s have footpaths in Marton East! Remember to tick my name on the candidate ballot paper. I’m Peter Cleave. And remember to tick the Mana Movement on the list ballot. Travel on the Mana Bus with Peter Cleave as your tour guide in the Rangitikei electorate. Mana has the best transport policy.