URGENT: Smart water meter alert for Waikato District Council area
September 25, 2014: An update on this issue is at this link: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/waikato-district-council-vote-on-water-meters-and-smart-water-meters/ URGENT: The Waikato...
View ArticleSome ideas to help you write to the Mayor and Councillors of Waikato District...
URGENT: The Waikato District Council is having an extraordinary meeting on August 19 during which they will decide (among other things) whether to accept a resolution relating to “smart” water meters....
View ArticleLive in the Matamata-Piako Council area? Please tell your Council that...
Matamata-Piako District Council is currently seeking public input into water issues, including water meters. The consultation includes a discussion of whether water meters should be adopted. (See...
View ArticleLetter sent to Mayor and Councillors of the Waikato District Council
On Friday, August 16, having learned that the Waikato District Council had an item relating to “smart” water meters on its agenda for an extraordinary meeting scheduled for August 19, I emailed the...
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Waikato District Council vote on water meters and smart water meters
In mid-August 2014 I found out that the Waikato District Council was planning to vote on adopting water meters in Huntly, Ngaruwahia and Raglan and that the Council also would also vote on whether to...
View ArticleDid you agree to have a WEL Networks “smart box” installed because you...
A statement on WEL Networks Ltd’s website gives the impression that it is compulsory to accept a WEL “smart box”. In actual fact, a WEL Networks “smart box” is actually a Landis+Gyr smart meter and...
View ArticleHamilton City Council has been considering water meters, including smart...
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show that Hamilton City Council has been considering installing water meters, including smart water meters, since 2012. Below you can read the...
View ArticleTake Back Your Power, Tairua
Tairua is currently the location of a trial of smart water meters, so it’s especially appropriate that the town is going to have a screening of Take Back Your Power (see www.takebackyourpower.net); the...
View ArticleStudy by University of Essex asks: Are Smart Meters a Waste of Money?
The study, published in Energy Policy journal, questions the effectiveness in the United Kingdom of multi-billion-pound plans to replace 53 million gas and electricity meters in 30 million UK homes...
View ArticleHow “smart” water meters invade privacy
“Smart” water meters are currently being trialled in Tairua on the Coromandel and are being considered by the Waikato District Council (see links below for details). The report at this link...
View ArticleURGENT Smart water meter alert for Nelson and Waiuku
Documents on the website of the City of Nelson and also on the Auckland “Council Controlled” organisation “Watercare” show smart water meters are under consideration for parts of NZ. Smart water...
View ArticleRetired nurse succeeds in having smart water meter removed
Website editor’s note: The piece below was contributed by a retired nurse, who had previously reported how a smart water meter had been installed outside her home without her permission. Her latest...
View ArticleSmart water meter installed in Waiuku without consent
This morning www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz received an email from a concerned resident of Huia Street in Waiuku to say that on Monday (February 29, 2016) she found a card in her letter box informing her...
View ArticleLarge bill increase after “smart” water meter installed
An email has been received by www.stopsmartmeters,org.nz relating to a large bill increase following the installation of a so-called “smart” water meter to measure water use at a home. The new “smart”...
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