Take Back Your Power: Free public screenings

by | 24 Oct, 2013 | Events, Latest News, Take Back Your Power, Uncategorized

Free screenings of the new documentary Take Back Your Power on the smart meter issue are being organised around NZ.

 

For details of the Hamilton screening on October 29, see this link:  https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/hamilton-take-back-your-power-free-screening/

For details of the Auckland screening on November 30, please see this link:

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/take-back-your-power-free-auckland-screening/

For details of the Christchurch screening on December 2, please see this link:

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/free-screening-of-take-back-your-power/

For details of the West Auckland screening on December 5, please see this link: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/west-auckland-screening-of-take-back-your-power/

 

For details of the Hawkes Bay screeing on December 3, please see this link https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/hawkes-bay-screening-of-take-back-your-power/

Screenings planned for other towns and cities will be publicised on this site as soon as soon as details are known. These screenings are being organised by volunteers.

NB:  If you would like to organise a screening in your community centre, church, school or  tertiary institution or other venue, you can buy a copy of the DVD from the producer at this link www.takebackyourpower.net  (it will take 3-4 weeks for the DVD to arrive in NZ).  Instructions for people who want to host screenings may be found here:  http://www.takebackyourpower.net/screenings/host-screening/

When you have the details of your public screening organised, please email www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz through the Contact form at this link https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/  so a  notice can be posted on this website and a poster can be created to advertise your event.  Thank you.

Smart meter/electronic meter exemption form

by | 20 Oct, 2013 | Government and Electricity Industry Positions, Latest News, Uncategorized

It has recently  been brought to my attention that there is a formal exemption process that may be used to avoid getting a “smart meter” or an electronic meter that is not a “smart meter”.  (Presumably this form could also be used to have an existing “smart meter” or electronic meter replaced.)

For people who are electrosensitive and cannot tolerate any dirty electricity that may be produced by the switch mode power supply in an electronic meter (even an electronic meter that is not a “smart meter”) the exemption from getting “smart meter” (or other electronic meter) is vital to health.

Given that the dirty electricity (DE)  (likely to be created by the switch mode power supply in  all electronic meters) has been associated with higher risk of cancer, it would seem that anyone with a personal or family history of cancer or any other condition (such as asthma) that is likely to be aggravated by increased exposure to DE would also have grounds to apply for an electromechanical analogue meter.

The form is available from this section of the Electricity Authority’s website:  http://www.ea.govt.nz/industry/market/metering/ specifically from this link www.ea.govt.nz/dmsdocument/887

NB: As soon as we have the information available, I will post makes and models of genuine new analogue electromechanical meters that are available and suitable for use in NZ. (The North-American based website www.stopsmartmeters.org has reported that there are fake analogue meters on the international market http://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/10/11/trojan-horse-analog-meters-investigated/)

 

Doctor fired after warning of cell phone cancer risks

by | 20 Oct, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized

Dr Annie Sasco, who worked for INSERM (France’s national institute for health and medical  research) has been fired after she spoke out about the cancer risks from cell phones at a conference where she delivered a lecture on childhood cancer.

 

You can read more about this (and also follow links to conference proceedings) at this link:b

http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/dr-annie-sasco-silenced-after-london.html

The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine features “smart meter” article

by | 18 Oct, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized

Don Maisch PhD from www.emfacts.com is the author of a number of articles about “smart meters”.  One of these, Smart Meter Health Concerns: Just A Nocebo Effect or an Emerging Public Health Nightmare? was published in issue 9 of The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine, which is still available from the Journal’s website at http://www.naturalmedicine.net.nz/store/

The article may also be downloaded (for free) from Don Maisch’s site at this link:  http://www.emfacts.com/papers/

 

Take Back Your Power: Free Auckland Screening

by | 15 Oct, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized

A free public screening of the new documentary on “smart meters” Take Back Your Power (which covers the health, privacy, financial and other issues with “smart meters” and the planned “smart grid”)  is being planned for Auckland on the afternoon (after 4 pm) of Saturday, November 30. Details are as followed

Date:  Saturday, November 30

Start time:  4.15pm

Venue:  St Lukes Presbyterian Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Remuera, Auckland

 

 

At this stage, the programme for the afternoon-evening looks like this:

4.15:  Welcome and Introduction

4.30: Take Back Your Power (104 minutes)

6.15 approx: Break for dinner (BYO dinner or go out to Newmarket;  tea and coffee will be available.)  For those who do not need dinner, there will be an opportunity to have questsions relating to  “smart meters” answered during this time.

6.45: Resonance (90 minutes approx.)

8.15- 8.30: Questions and closing remarks

8.30:  Clean up

We realise that people may not be able to attend the entire duration of the event;  if you may need to leave during one of the documentaries, please take a seat on the edge of a row.

Please diary date this event and sign up for updates on the www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz email list on this page https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/ and you will be emailed details of the screening.    Please also forward this link to anyone you think may be interested to attend. Thank you.

NB: If you would like to see the trailer for the documentary it can be viewed at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMYc1qlhFY&list=UUBmSbCRd_Jj5NgV3xTwrkHA

The full documentary may be purchased or streamed from www.takebackyourpower.net

 

 

 

Smart meter replacement success

by | 10 Oct, 2013 | Latest News, Users Feedback

Hi Katherine

 

How are you?

 

I have some good news! Nova Energy will replace the meter with an analogue one, no problem! We have to pay

$55.

 

Meridian would not do anything despite my complaints.

 

So please put that out there..change to Nova…. they are still open to not doing smart meters, although they do support them they say, but also understand that not everyone wants them. I had quite a good chat with someone there who says that they are having other people phone them and wanting to get rid of their smart meter. I said that if they keep that policy they will get a lot of customers as people realise the health effects of the smart meters.

Yippee!!

Best Wishes and thanks for your support. If there is anything i can do to help the cause let me know.

– Name supplied

Note:  All correspondence received through the Contact form on this website is treated in confidence and will not be posted on the site without written permission from the author. The site coordinator does not have a financial interest in any electricity company.

Free Screening of “Take Back Your Power”

by | 29 Sep, 2013 | Latest News, Take Back Your Power, Uncategorized

Diary date:

The DVD of the new documentary Take Back Your Power will be screening on Monday, 2nd December, 2013 – free of charge.

The venue:

‘ The Portal’ (Project Lytellton Office – For other great things going on at Project Lyttleton, please see  http://www.lyttelton.net.nz/)

Address:
54a Oxford Street (up path behind swimming pool)

Lyttleton, Christchurch

Start time: 7.15 pm.

(For other great things going on at Project Lyttleton, please see  http://www.lyttelton.net.nz/)

The trailer for the movie may be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMYc1qlhFY&list=UUBmSbCRd_Jj5NgV3xTwrkHA    The website for the documentary is http://www.takebackyourpower.net/

 

NB:  You can buy the DVD or stream it (for a small fee) on your computer by visiting this link:  http://www.naturalmedicine.net.nz/environmental-health/take-back-your-power

NOTE TO READERS:  If you have purchased a DVD and want to organise a free screening in your area, please email through the Contact form of this site ( https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/) if you would like the  details to be post on the website.  Many thanks.

Electropollution talk at WellFest October 5th

by | 27 Sep, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized

Electropollution expert Paul Waddell who runs www.safespace.net.nz will be speaking at WellFest in Auckland at 2pm  on Saturday October 5 th. 

Paul will be speaking in Seminar Room 1 and will discuss common sources of electropollution and their health effects.  His talk will also include demonstrations of the equipment and techniques used to assess levels of electropollution and reduce exposure to safer levels.

The venue for the event is the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau.  The address of the venue and a map can be accessed through this link: http://www.pacific.org.nz/about-us/contact-us/

There is an entry fee of $10 per adult (children under 12 are free).  There is no further charge for the seminars.

 

SOURCE:  http://www.naturalmedicine.net.nz/news/electropollution-talk-at-wellfest-october-5th/

A tale of two electricity companies…

by | 9 Sep, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized, Users Feedback

This message was recently sent through the Contact form:

Recently received my “Good News” letter from Genesis saying they were upgrading the meters in our area.  Phoned Genesis to say I did not  consent to my meter being upgraded and was told that it was the Law and my options were to change retailer or upgrade.  Following their  advice I changed my retailer to Nova and then called Genesis to tell  them of my switch.  I was then told I could in fact now remain on my  standard meter and the information I had been given was wrong.  “Oh, what a shame!” I said, “Had I been told this last week I would have remained with Genesis, but I am receiving a better rate on my  controlled and anytime meters and the discount was greater with my new supplier.” 

So the message to all is be persistent, shop around, let your concerns be known.

– Name supplied

Editor’s comment: It is commonly being reported to me that electricity companies are telling customers that it is compulsory to have a “smart meter” but the Electricity Authority has not made “smart meters” mandatory. See:  https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/is-it-compulsory-to-have-a-smart-meter/ 

(Note from website coordinator:  All correspondence received through the Contact form on this site is treated in confidence.  Comments are posted on this site only with the permission of their author.   The site coordinator does not have any financial interest in any electricity company.)