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HOIJNI BA". (JAPAN'" OR NI"I

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Embarrassed by the rapid dwindl ing most m ines a re now c losed . 'I'he onlyof New Zealand 's overseas funds , the remaining mines are the LiverpoolGovernment has been tempted to s e l l No. 3 , a few pr iva te mines in thethe Mt Davy coa l to the Japanese . Rewanui a r ea , and the StrongmanWhile ea rn i ng ' fo re ign exchange I t Sta te mine on the coas t no rth o fi s economically d i sa s t rous , requ i r - Runanga.ing l a rge amounts of t axpayer ' s There i s approximate ly 30 mil l ionmoney to underwri te th e pro jec t . In tons and an es t imated recoverablef i f t een year Is ' t ime , the 200 men 7 .5 mil l ion tons of high grade Papa-employed on the scherne wi l l be out roa coking coa l in th e Mt Davy block .of work, and prospec ts fo r long- The coa l i s in th ree seams of high-term i ndus t ry on the coas t wi l l be to-medium vola t i l e , high grade coalgrea t ly l essened, fo r the Paparoa which is-"Similar to t ha t of Liverpool90al , key to future West Coast grade (a high-swe l l ing , coking coalreg iona l development, wi l l have long with a low-sulphur , low ash, highgone to Japan 's s t e e l furnaces . carbon conten t ) . Mining wi l l be

The Mt Davy coa l f ie ld l i e s 10 undertaken by the N.Z. reg is te red~ i l e s f rom Greymou th on the Rewanui company, West Coast Resources Ltd .ra i lway branchl ine . Mt Davy forms Although N.Z. r eg i s t e r ed , Westpa r t of the Greymouth coa l f i e ld , one Coast Resources i s l a rge ly fore ignof the o ldes t and bes t known in N.Z. owned. ATAKA, a major JapaneseDiscovered by Thomas Brunner in 1848,corpora t ion , holds f i f t y per cent ;t h i s coa l f i e ld produced some 30 mi l l - N.Z. Fores t Products , i t s e l f approxion tORS of coa l a f t e r the goldrush imate ly 25% foreign-owned, holdsyears . Due to increased compe titio n a no th er 40%; the balance of 10% i sfrom o i l in the l a s t twenty yeaL3, held by Odlins . Thus, investment in

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"COAL SHORTAGE"?Already the Government has admit ted

a poss ib le reduct ion in the capaci tyof th e proposed West Coast coa l f i red power s t a t ion . Due to be commissioned in 1983, i t s capaci ty seemsl ike ly to be reduced from 480 MW to400Mw because o f u nc er ta in ty in theamount of coa l avai l ab le . Blendingof high-grade coa ls w ith low-grade,coals would mean t h a t a fa r grea t e rrange o f coa l s would be usable in

west Coast Resourcesves to rs i s near ly 60%.

7.5m TONS OF COAL

foreign in

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200 J0BS - BUT FOR W H O M ~

WEST COAST SHORT--CHANGEDThe Mt Davy scheme also goesunder th e wafer - th in banner o f R ~ g -

iona l Development. More " E x p ~ o i t a t t ion" than "development" the schemeI ._ .wi l l be merely p erp etu atin g th e soc -i a l and economic boom-bust development t h a t the West Coast suf fe r s from West Coast Resources s t a t e t h a ta l ready . t he re wi l l be employment fo r up to200 people . However, due to the

highly mechanised methods o f coa le xtr ac tio n to be used, many of thesejobs are to be fo r manager ia l s t a f f ,In t a l k s with a nurnber o f people most ( i f not a l l ) o f whom would come

on the West Coas t recPY'\tly, CAFCINZ from ou t s ide the reg ion and fromfound t h a t th e majo ri ty of people ove rseas . West Coas t people would bespoken to a re ag a in s t the Govt ' s expected to fill th e vacancies fo rshor t - s igh tedness . Rather than see of f i ce workers , l aboure r s , -and ' min-.th e re sources of th e West Coas t plun- e r s . This does little to h ~ l p th edered and sold to ove rs ea s b uy er s, school l eaver s looking fo r permanentthey would l i ke to see more permanent employment with oppor tuni ty to lea rnindus t ry es tab l i shed , thus ensuring and develop s k i l l s .long-term benef i t s fo r t h e i r ch i ld -

ren and guarantee ing the fu tu re o f IN A NUTSHELL ..th e Coast . * expor t ing Mt Davy coa l wi l l pro-

CAFCINZ sugges ts t h a t th e Govt vide up to 200 job s , but fo r 15 yearsshould t ake a more r e s pon s i b l e a t t i t - a t the ou ts ideude than i t s presen t s e l l - a n d - b e ~ . * t h i s coa l can provide the Westdamned po l i cy . . Rather ~ h ~ n s ~ b s l d l z e Coast with lo ng -te rm indus t ry andfore ign companles wlth JU lcy lncen t - employment i f it. i s used in NZives to s e t up " he re today, gone to - '" s e l l i ng the coa l overseas prov idesmorrow" i ndus t ry , th e Govt should only shor t - te rm economic r e l i e f . Inca t e r fo r peop le ' s needs be fore th e long run , NZ lo ses out heav i ly .company p ro f i t s .

GOVERNMENT SHORT-SIGHTED

t h i s power s t a t i on . Expor t ing theselow- sulphur coa l s elirni.na te s theoppor tun i t i e s fo r blending, makingit more d i f f i c u l t to use high-sulphur.coal rese rves . With the uncer ta in tyo f o i l supp l ies and t h e i r pr i c e , NZshould be looking toward the g rea t e rsecur i ty of the coa l - f i r ed power s t a t io n s to supply our fu tu re energyneeds .

NZ must also cons ider the manufac tu re of her own meta lu rg ica l coke.The cos t of import ing 4000 t ons tomeet the demands o f l oca l foundar iesc urr en tly c os ts up to $500,000 inf ore ig n e ar ni ng s, which could wel lj u s t i fy th e establ, ishmyn): o f a WestCoas t c oke-manuf ac tu ri ng ] 9l an t.

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"NO LONGER ECONOMIC" PAYS ??HOi f her su i t ab l e coa l i s not sold toJapan.

been Dlad0 i . ha t a Dlcta-Lndu:-:.:-;try to bettlC ordc f 20,000

y, to be economi.Pape r on. Coal)

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Several years ago, meta l lu rg ica lcoke was being produceG in Chch a t ar a t e of 400 tons a month. Of t h i s ,exports to th e Pac i f i c I s lands amoun"ted to nearly 25%. The cos t was $35per ton , compared with $106 per tonfo r coke imported from Aust ra l i a .

prc-:::,sent4,000 tons

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Smokeless Fuels Ltd, th e companyproducing the coke, was a whollyowned subs id iary of the Union SteamShip Company, which in it's t u rn i sl a rge ly owned by Thomas NationwideTranspor t o f Aust ra l i a . ClearlYshowing the manner in which fore igncon t ro l opera tes , the USSC announcedth e closure o f Smokeless Fuels as itwas "NO LONGER ECONOMIC". In actualf ac t , th e USSC wanted to s e l l the 6 acres on which the fac tory s tood.They had also been h i t with th e c lo sure of the Paparoa Mine, main sourclo f the i r coa l requirements .REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

West Coas t Resources es t imatet ha t they wi l l spend about $l7m todevelop th e Mt Davy coa l f i e l d .I f t h i s i s so , N.Z. wi l l probably be providing well over ha l f the

cap i t a l to ge t the scheme underway.Est ima te s v ar y, b ut a cc ord in g to theGreymouth Sta r (7 Apri l 1975) th eN.Z. taxpayer wi l l have to provide

$17m fo r new ra i lway wagons andlocomotives;$15m a t l e a s t fo r up-grading theChris tchurch - West Coastra i lway l i ne ;$5m fo r por t .bu lk loading f a c i l i t i e s ;

plus S.A.e . loans fo r housing.At the t ime , the then Nat iona l Eddie Isbey, Transpor t Under-Sec-

Govt said t ha t "work was cont inuing r e t a ry , has confirm ed that. t ranspor tto find a su i t ab l e coa l source fo r o f coa l wil l be by an up-graded r a i lth e factory: ' Mt Davy coa l i s i dea l , way l i ne . The government ' s Whitecausing the Nat iona l Govt to plan a Paper on coa l has recommepHed100,000 ton reserve fo r N.Z. use. loans to coal-mining companies toAt presen t r a t e s of use, th i s re - help re cru it th e ir workforce .presen t s l e s s than 20 y ea rs su pp ly , Once aga in , the N.Z. people a rebut leaves little room fo r expan si on bei ng asked to pay the l i on ' s sharein N.Z's mata l lu rg ica l indus try . to ensur e bus in e ssmen 's p ro f i t s ,

N.Z. has th e po ten t i a l to produce both here and overseas . IS THISher own coke in smal l - s ca le p lan t s - rAIR ON THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE?

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The main driv ing force behind WestCoas t R esou rc es L td 's to expor tMt Davy coa l , i s ATI\KA & Co Ltd ofOsaka, Japan. 1\J though hoJdinq only:50% o f West Coast Resourc es ~ , t d ,(New Zealand Fores t Products andOcUins hold th e r e s t ) , ATAK2\ domina tes th e par tne rsh ip . ATAKA in tendsto blend Mt Davy coal with up to ninet imes t h a t amount of Aust ra l ianbrown coa l (a low-grade coa l , butt he re i s p len ty o f i t ) and use ita l l EO ' reduce Aust ra l i an i ron o rein Japan. Not only a re both theAus t ra l i an mining opera t ions beingd o n ~ by ATAKA, but the i ron o refurnaces in Japan are also owned byATAKA. In a l l probab i l i t y , t h i ss t e e l wi l l be used by ATAKA i t s e l fin one of i t s s t e e l mi l l s about th e involved in the beech scheme in theworld. Mt Davy i s a pro j ec t for th e fu tu re . Sumitomo Chemicals a l so ownsso le bene f i t o f ATAKA. 25% o f the Bluff aluminium smel te r _

ATAKA i s everywhere: main branch ye t another cont rovers ia l resourcesof f i ces opera te in Hong Kong, Singa- pro j ec t ( th i s t ime power) . Yet an-por.e, "the ' Ph i l l ip ines , Taiwan, New other . branch of the f i rm, SumitomoYork, Los Angeles , Canada, West Ger- Metals Indus t r i e s , forms pa r t o fmany, Br i t a i n , Thai land and Aus t r a l i a . t he J ap an es e con so rtium invo lv ed inIn New Zealand a lone they have New Zealand ' s i ronsands explo i ta t iono ff ic es in Auckland and Mt Maunganui . ' and expor t .Others , most l i ke ly , ex l s t a l so . The Sumitomo Group i s among theI t s New Zealand manager, when asked top three o f Japan 's c ong lomera te s,what ATAKA i s involved in , rep l ied making it one o f th e b igges t concerns"Everything - from chops t icks t o in th e world. In 1972, the Sumitomo' spacecraf t . " which gives some' idea .,',Group t o t a l l ed 115 companies ( includ-o f ATAKA' s s ize and world.,..wide;,s.ci:!:1e. ing a l l i ed and loose ly a l l i ed ones) "Although ATAKA i s a mul t ina t iona l with involvement in everyth ing from

in i t s own r i gh t , it i s in fac t chemicals to mining to banking.~ e r e l y pa r t of the co l losa l Sumitomoconglomerate (za iba t su ) , one of thel a rges t conglomerates in Japan: th esame Sumitomo which i s involved int ha t o ther cont rovers ia l West Coas tpro j ec t - th e Beech scheme. SumitomoFores t ry i s a par tne r in one consor t ium t ha t has tended fo r the beech,and Sumitomo Fores t ry - Oji PaperCompany i s a par tne r in a secondconsor t ium which tended. The th i rdconsort ium inc ludes ATAKA's Mt Davypa r tne r s , N.Z. Fores t Products andOdl ins , so ATAKA could a l so become

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.C)UInJing among i t s i _ r l s ~ a n c e . New Zealand-

Sumit,omo i s i n v o l v t ~ d in er3 fought, and died in a war to [ ; i ~ o puranium o re from South l ~ f r i c a ( i nc l - Lhe establ.iE;hment o f a Japanese empiudinq Namibia/South-West Africa) in empire thE; Japanese have s ince d i s b l a t an t v io l a t i on o f United Nations covered t ha t peace fu l methods workSecur i ty Counci l Resolut ions - thus be t t e r in es tab l i sh ing Lhei r onceSumitomo a ids th e oppress ion o f the thwar ted Co-Prosper i ty Sphere . NewBlacks , and provides more prof i t s " fo r Zealand i s rap id ly being peacefu l ly. the White minor i ty South African absorbed i n t e Japan ' s economi c empirereg ime. Col lec t ive ly I the za ib atsu wit:h New Zealand ' c; re sources beinq'wield the grea t e s t economic power in exp lo i ted fo r ;Japanese needs , not-Japan f and ope ra t e th rouqhout th e ou rs The t irrv:0 fo r a c t io n .i::; now!

goes to fo re ign-con t ro l l ed companiesSome p eo ple c la im fore ign inves t

ment he lps our economy, but thesepeople e i the r don ' t r e a l i s e the bade f f ec t s it has or e l s e ignore them.The growing fo re ign con t ro l of oureconomy has very se r ious consequencesfo r the New Zealand peop le , so l e t s Ihave a look a t some of the se consequences . I

(ONIROlORI.fiN

EIGNCONTRO

STAND

"Japanese Fi shing Company Establ i shed . " "American Corpora t ion Pros pec t s fo r New Zealand Copper ." Everyday our newspaper head l ines shout outth e same s to ry : the s to ry of th etaking over o f New Zealand ' s economyby th e huge mul t i na t i ona l companiesof Japan, America, Br i t a in and Aust r a l i a . Today, no l e s s than 30% ofa l l company income in New Zealand

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p ro f i t s . Again, l e t us look a tComalco as an example.

To prov ide th e enormous quan t i t ie s of power demanded by Comalco,th e New Zealand Government had Mana-pour i bu i l t us ing t axpaye r ' s money.The p r i ce paid by th e New Zealandt axpayer , to da te , inc ludes

- more than $100 mil l ion fo r theManapouri power scheme and thepower l i ne from t he re to thesmel te r ,

- $3 mil l ion fo r the spec i a l l y bu i l t road to Tiwai po in t ,

- $4 mil l ion fo r improvements toI nve r ca rg i l l ' s harbour ,

- An unknown pr i c e which i s , ine f f e c t , a subsidy enabl ingComalco to ge t power a t onlyo ne -te nth th e pr i c e th e r e s to f New Zealand pays .

In o ther words , New Zealandershave ac tua l ly paid ou t more moneyfo r Comalco to e s t ab l i sh i t s e l f herethan Comalco d id i t s e l f !

' ~ ~ E ' l I G N INVESTMENT IS VERY COSTLY TONEW ZEALAND

There a re many ways fo re ign in ves tment cos t s New Zealand a grea tdea l o f money. F i r s t l y , profiffimadeby th e fo re ign companies do no t s tayin New Zealand; they go ove rseas .Foreign companies are owned by ex-t remely wealthy businessmen who a refo re igners , not New Zealanders : they ,and not New Zealanders , ge t the prof i t s , even though it i s New Zealandworkers who c rea te these p ro f i t s .

Unfor tuna te ly , fo re ign companiesare not con ten t to j u s t t ake t h e i rp ro f i t s ou t of the count ry . Ina dd it io n to t h i s , every year thesemul t ina t iona l companies chea t us ofhundreds o f thousands o f do l l a r s byavoiding t axa t ion .

"TRUTH" repor ted t ha t " the InlandRevenue Depar tment has clamped downon what i s probably th e b igges t f i n anc ia l scandal in New Zealand h i s to ry .Over th e yea rs , overseas companies,by manipulat ing th e p ro f i t s of t h e i rNew Zealand subs id i a r i e s , havechea ted th e Government and people oft h i s count ry of m illio ns of pounds o ft ax" . (2/11/65}.

This f i nanc i a l scandl aont inuestoday. Ju s t one example i s Comaleo 'saluminium smel te r a t Bluf f . Comalcoi s one of New Zea land ' s b igges t in dus t r i e s , consuming no l e s s than28% o f a l l th e e l e c t r i c power usedby the coun t ry ' s i ndus t r i e s andbus inesses . And j u s t how much hasth is in d us tr ia l e o m p l e ~ p a i d in tax?In" th re e ye ars , they have paid only$14,000 in tax! And in th e f i r s ttwo yea rs they paid NOTHING AT ALL!

While avoiding taxes and fakingthe p ro f i t s earned by New Zealandworkers ou t o f the count ry mightseem cos t ly enough to the people o fNew Zealand, the cos t goes evenhigher : th e New Zealand Governmentac tua l ly g ives f i n anc i a l help tofo re ign companies to help them make

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What does th i s mean? I t means that

GROWING FOREIGN CONTROL MAKESDIFFICULT FOR N.Z. BUSINESSESSURVIVE

During t imes o f economic d i f f i cu l ty , th e Government makes it hardfo r both people and bus inesses toborrow money by using c r e d i t con t ro l s .I f New Zealand f i rms cannot borrowmoney needed to expand, they of tencannot increase product ion , poss ib lyeven cut t ing produc t ion back .

Mult ina t iona l companies , however,face no such d i f f i c u l t i e s . Cred i tcon t ro l s imposed by th e New ZealandGovernment have no e f f e c t on them.They can eas i ly ge t c red i t from t h e i rhead o f f i c e , branches and banks ino th er c ou n tr ie s.

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP WEAKENS N.Z.INDEPENDENCEThe more fore ign companies dom

i na t e th e New Zealand economy, th el e s s independence New Zealanders '

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in t imes of economic t r oub le s , NewIea land bus inesse s a re a t a d i sadvantage to t h e i r ove rseas compe t i to r s.They must cu r t a i l produc t ion in creases , a l lowing th e mul t ina t iona l sto snap up even more o f th e NewZealand marke t . Worse still, someNew Zealand f i rms wi l l n ot su rv iv eand wi l l be bought out by t h e i r hugefore ign compet i tors .

In o ther words, fo re ign inves tmentnow means an even grea t e r fore igncon tro l o f our economy in t imes o feconomic c r i s i s .

PfViE'INew Zealanders need i ndus t r i e st h a t provide s tab le jobs for itsworkers , something foreign-ownedcompanies cannot provide . Fore igninvestment i s a cons tan t t h rea t o f

Fore ign companies do no t i nves t unemployment fo r New Zealand workers .in New Zealand because they l i ke us , Fore ign inves tment means job uncer-nor because they want to do us a t a i n t y , The more our economy i sgood t u rn by providing New Zealanders owned by fore ign companies, th ewith employment . . They i nves t simply harder it wi l l be to mainta in fu l lbecause it i s pro f i t ab l e fo r them to employment in New Zealand.do so . Any indus t ry s e t up in NewZealand wi l l only be kept goingif it makes p ro f i t s . As soon as thefore ign company has economic d i f f i cu l t i e s , they wi l l , without hes i t a t i on , close 90wn t h e i r New Zealandbranch.

A r ecen t example of t h i s occurredi n Au s tr al i a. Faced with l e s s demand fo r i t s ca r s , General Motorssuddenly and without warning c loseddown i t s Aus t ra l i an p lan t s . The r e s u l t was thousands o f Aus t ra l i ansunemployed a t a t ime when it wasextremely d i f f i c u l t fo r workers tof ind o ther jobs .

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF N.Z. INDUSTRYMAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE N.Z.GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN FULL EMPLOY-MENT

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"The p u r p o s e o f NZ p o l i c y onfore.i.gn i n v e s t m e n t s h o u l d b e to p e r m i ta l l r e a s o n a b l e an d n e ce s sa r y d e v el op -m e n t o f t h e c o u n t r y ' s r es o u r ce s, w h il e

nc! f o r New Z e a l a n d e r s t h ee n j o y m e n t a nd c o n t r o l o f t h e s e r e s o u r c e s . rJ

- 1972 Labour Par ty Manifesto

ROCKE BOAT

Fore ign de\7eloprnent o f Ht Davy i sne i t he r r e a : : ~ o n a b l e nor necessa ry 1 and

n":-tf\lZ con t r o l l e d eEvery do l l a r earDEod by a fo re ign

owned company no t remi t ted overseas_ .in p ro fi t s , i s r e - inves t ed in NZ. A llbu i ld ing ,s , f a c to r i e s , and p l an t b u i l twith these fore ign p ro f i t s made herei n NZ rema.in the proper ty o f t he sefore ign Th e f oo th old o ffore ign es grows every day ,every week f e'Fc:rj' month

- Mr Rowling, P.M.Big t a l k , Mr Rowling. But how can

expor t ing Mt Davy Coal be of long-termbene f i t ? Te l l th e t r u th , Mr Rowling:Mt Davy wi l l bui ld up overseas fundsbut a t th e expense o f fu tu re generat- i ons . It i s se l l i ng tomorrow's r e sou r ces fo r a qu ick do l l a r today.

T he Comal co sme l te r consumes 10%o f NZ's t o ta l e le c tr ic it y . Th e Labol:radminis t ra t ion ha s made no a tte mp t tor e s t r i c t power to Ccnnalco, and i n s t eadh as c ho se n to i n t r oduce winte r powercuts on the people . Th e mul t i -na t iona l company Coma lco has es t ab l i shed amajor add i t i ona l foothold - th e p r i n c ip le th at its pro f i t s come beforethe wel fa re o f 3 mi l l i on people .

" I am n o t a w a r e , j u s t t hi nk in g t hr o ug h a t t h e m o m e n t , ho w some one m i g h tb e a b l e to p r e s e n t a c a s e w h e r e am u l t i n a t i o n a l (company) h a s b e e n g i v e nan a d d i t i o n a l or ne w f o o t h o l d u n d e rt h e p r e s e n t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . "

- Mr Rowling, P.M.

"Th e p r e s e n t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n d o e s n o tb e l i e v e i n a s h u t - o u t o f o v e r s e a s ca p '-i t a l as s u c h , b u t it d o e s b e l i e v e t h a tan y o v e r s e a s c a p i t a l f l o w i n g i n t o t h ec ou n tr y s ho ul d b e f l o w i n g i n a wa y t h a tw i l l b e to t h e l on g -t er m b e n e f i t o ft h e c o u n t r y an d t h e ' p e o p l e l i v i n g i ni t ~ H

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have to decide t he i r own fore ignpo l icy . Canadi an compan ie s, fo re xample , w ere forbidden by t h e i rU.S. Head of f i c e s to export, to Cuba.In o ther word s, C an ad ia ns had no~ 3 a y whether or not they could t radewit.h C u b a ~ Tha t dec i s i on wasmad,ein Washinqton! Canadians had nocho ice 1::0 obey -'che commandso f the American companies.

The mul t ina t iona l companies canhave a s imi la r inf luence over ouri n t e rna l po l i c i e s . The more theycon t ro l our economy, th e more pres sure fore ign companies can put uponour Government to in t roduce po l i c i e sthey l i k e , and to s top po l i c i e s theyoppose.

An example o f t h i s kind o f p re s -

sure occurred in Br i t a in , where somefore ign companies closed down t h e i rf a c to r i e s and r ebu i l t them on th e I!.!JCont inent , simply bec ause they d i s l iked the po l i c i e s of th e LabourGovernment.New Zealanders have th e r i qh t tomake t he i r own dec i s ions ! Fore igni nves tment weakens t h a t r ight : Themore foreiqn investment we have,the more New Zea land i ndependencei s a t tacked and des t royed:NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY SHOULD BE FORTHE BENEFIT OF THE NEW ZEALANDPEOPLE!OPPOSE GROWING FOREIGN CONTROL OFNEW ZEALAND!

INIRfit' (ONIIRIN(IThe ava i l ab i l i t y over the next 10

20 years of new sources o f energy rNZ was brought out s t rongly a t th e2nd NZ Energy Conference , held a tCanterbury Univers i ty from May 22_24.The sources inc luded wind and so l a renergy, but more impor tant ly fo r NZa t the presen t , the use o f our coa lrese rves , and our p oten tia l in smallhydroe lec t r i c s t a t i ons . Equal ly impor tan t - bu t not a s th oro ug hly d i s cussed - was th e r a t i ona l use o f th eava i l ab le energy r esources . One suchr a t i ona l use , showing g rea t promiseove rseas , was Dis t r i c t Heat ing , poss i b ly using energy which would o the r wise be wasted . What was not d i s cussed was who should have f i r s tpr io r i ty fo r the energy ava i l ab l e ,and whether our presen t pro f i t -mot i vated system of energy use could everlead to the energy saving t ha t everyone presen t - from conserva t ion i s t sto o i l company rep resen ta t ives -paid l i p se rv ice to .

A sess ion on uses of coa l showedt h a t gas and pe t ro l - subs t i t u t e s froma l l grades o f coa l were r ea l i s t i cp ro p os it io n s w it hin th e nex t twodeca.des. To s e l l our coa l to Japan,when it could provide the means to

make us independent o f imported o i l ,i s c le ar s tu p id it y. And we a re notpar t i cu l a r l y r ich in coa l . At approximate ly 1,000 mil l ion tons t o t a l ,our reservesper head o f popula t iona re l e s s than a t en th o f those o fth e U.S.A.

The use o f Maui gas to genera tee l e c t r i c i t y was c r i t i c i s ed on sever a l occasions as highly was te fu l .I t i s be t t e r used d i r ec t ly as ahigh grade fue l , o r a l t e rna t i ve ly ina pet ro-chemica l i ndus t ry , as i s nowbeing hinted a t by the Government.The only reason the Government i s a tpresen t planning to use it in powers t a t i ons i s to guarantee a massmarket fo r the gas . I f t h i s had notbeen guaranteed, th e o i l companieswho discovered th e gas ( the She l l BP-Todd Consort ium - one o f thesponsors of t h i s conference) wereth re ate nin g to e i the r s e l l the gasoverseas o r not develop th e f i e ld .

Over 200 people , from Unive r s i t i e s ,Government Departments , bus iness andvar ious environmental organ i sa t ions ,p ar t ic ip a te d in th e conference . Butpapers presented were a l l from th ef i r s t t h ree groups, w ith b usin ess

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QUOTE OF THf MONTH"BUSINESS. BUT NO'f FOR PROr'IT"

dO\\!Tl t=.:O(:: c o n 1 J n ( ~ n t _ s clYlC]one of t he i r c r i t i c s .

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i n t e r e s t s wel lProminen t W f ~ r e B ~ P . and [)Ov.I ChE::mica l s (makers of e t a l .SponsGrs of th e c ( ) n f c ~ r e n c c j.ncl11c1f::d,such wel l ..",known energy savers a r : ~Air NE,"" Zealand , B.P . , Cal tex, FordMotors , lvon Watkins-Dow, N.A.C. ,N.Z.E .D. , She l l Oi l , Shel l -BP-Todd,and to cap it a . l l , NeT" Zea land ' sch i e f waste r of power .-:omal coPower Ltd .

The only sess ion in which th eenvironment orqani sa t ions were o f f i c i a l l y recognised was a f i na l 'morali s sues l ses s ion . Here Comalco inpa r t i c u l a r was c r i t i c i z ed , arous ingthe very voca l annoyance of one ofits t hr ee r ep re se n ta tiv e s a t theconfe rence .The purpose o f the presence o f the3 Comalco r ep r e s en t a t i ves ( indeed, o fmany o f th e o the r business r ep re sen t a t ives ) seemed ques t ionab le . Thei rmain funct ion seemed to be a pub l icr e l a t i on s one, and to r e a c t to criti-

~ N , ( ONE WOULD 1HlNK "THEY- OWN "THE e,LOOOY ~ O A D S '

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CLOSE DOWN COMALCOCAMPAIGN TO CLOSE DOWN COMALCO

The aim o f the Comalco campaigni s to br ing to publ ic a t t en t ionthe ways in which Comalco i s ex-p lo i t i ng New Zealanders and NewZealand.Tf . XPAYERS , ~ ! J B S I D I Z n J C ; POWER

The company , which i s l a rge lyOVE:rseas owned., i s ge t t ing i t se l e c t r i c i t y a t cons iderably cheaperra te s than the New Zealand consumer,whi le providing comparat ively fewjobs and causing power shor tagesthroughout the coun t ry .

Local power boards and l o ca lsupply au thor i t i e s , are being ap-proached to f ind ou t t he i r viewson the power c r i s i s . A l e a f l e t i sbeing prepared on "The consequ-ences of Comalco I s excess ive powerconsumption" . Comalco i s t ak ing 9 0much 9f New Zealand ' s e l e c t r i c i t ya t extremely cheap ra te s t h a t NewZea la nd ers n ot only have to paymuch higher pr ices bu t go without

Comalco. Severa l s ta tements mainlyconcerned with th e amount of cyan ideand o th er to xic chemicals belnqdischarged in to the sea , havea l ready been re leased to the Pres s .More i nves t iga t ions are being donein t h i s area . Spec ia l a t t en t ion i sbeing given to po l lu tan t s fromt he i r chimney, pa r t i cu l a r ly thela rge amount of smoke which ISknown 1:0 be discharged from thesmel te r a t n igh t .

Unt i l recen t ly , the campaignhas been concent ra t ing on i nves t -iga t ion and r esearch . As most o ft h i s has now been completed, ana t iona l campaign i s being co-o r ~ i n a t e d with the Energy Cr i s i sCommittee of Inve rca rq i l l . s l idpshows are being prepared , andmeet ings and t a lks planned so t h a tmore people wi l l be informed aboutth e grea t e s t confidence t r i ck everpu t across th e people o f NewZealand.

IS EVERYONE SAVING POWER?m ~ c h necessary e l e c t r i c i t y for

~ a t e r hea t ing , e t c .

The campaign i s a l so concernedabout the po l lu t ion and damageto the environment caused by

DUMPED.CYANIDE POISON

Government adver t i s ing campaignsabout th e energy c r i s i s , askingpeople to cu t down on t h e i r energy

~ c o n s u m p t i o n , avoid a l l mention ofp r io r i t i e s for the use of energy,but i ~ c l ea r t h a t Comalco i s beingallowed to use e l e c t r i c i t y a t ourexpense . T herefo re , the Comalcocampaign in tends to show the NewZealand p eo ple th ey are missingout on t he i r f a i r share of e lec -t r i c i t y .

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I do/d", not want to be informed o ford}nary business meet ings .

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f o r ( ~ i q n con t r o l lr i N ~ Z c canno t suc -ceed nless we New Zealanders uni teand r id ourse lves of t hese fore ign

t e r s and our own loca l compan-ies which work in c oll ab o ra tio n withthem

C\FCINZ needs members both po l i t -Lcally and f . inancia l ly committed.The campalgn i5 shor t o f money andmembershi pi s one of the few ways wehave o f f inancing our a c t i v i t i e s .

The campaign a g a i n ~ t fore igncont ro l in N.Z. i a campaign too p p o ~ e th e e x t e n ~ i v e and qrowingcont ro l by fore iqn m o n o p o l i e ~ ofour natura l resources and i ndus t ryand a l so th e m iL ita ry p resen ce ofthe U. S.A. in New Zealand. Thiscont ro l i s extended not only economically b ut a l ~ o pol i t ica . l ly bec a u ~ e with every new i n v e ~ t m e n t _made by a fore ign company in N.Z. ,the more ~ u b , ' ; e r v i e n t our goverrunentb e c o m e ~ to fore ign cap i t a l .

The campaign has no argument withthe PEOPLE of the U .S .A ., Jap anand Br i td in but r a ther with the hugefore iqn mult ina t iona l companies t h a tsuck out pro f i t s , plunder our na t -ura l r e ~ o u r c e s , galn cont ro l overOUY (.Jovernmcnt ,.;.c:conomy.

We do not; proposE- t h a t fore ignexploi t e r s be rep laced by l oca l o n e ~ .N.Z. monopolies ( C J j . W a t t i e ~ ) areac t ive ly working with fore ign conpanies fo r th e explo l ta t ion of t h e i rown country . Thei r loya l ty i s toPROFIT. The development or N.Z. bythe N.Z. PEOPLE may be slower thanwhE,n fore iqn companies a re involvedbut ln the long term it i s ~ n onlyway to bui ld up t h i s country fo rourse lves and our c h ild re n r at he rthan fo r the benef i t of fo re ignf i n a n c i e r ~ and c a p i t a l i s t ~ .

THE PE20URCES [".ND ECONOMY OFN.Z. MUST BE CONTROLLED BY THEPEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND.

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At th e moment CAFCINZ i cnnce;nt r a t ing i t s e f fo r t s on th e poss iblemining of coal by the Japanese a tMt Davy and th e t h rea t of powercut s t h i s winte r which wi l l be dueto the hiqh consumption o f low-coste l ec t r i c i t y by the Bluf f AluminiumSmel ter (almost 100% fore ign owned)

We need your ac t i ve suppor t andpa r t i c i p a t ion . 'rhe campaign aga ins t

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