Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares - Revision history

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Uroskin: New page: In the Winter of 2008, Fullers Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over t...

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New page: In the Winter of 2008, Fullers Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over t...

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In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.

A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares, was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases.

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[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0809/S00333.htm Actions] at the wharf terminals and on the boat, such as passengers dressing up as pirates (accusing Fullers of "robbery on the high seas") and carrying a [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Fullers230.jpg coffin] on board to draw attention to the death of social diversity on the island when travel becomes too expensive for low and modest income families to live on Waiheke.

The campaign has had mixed success with monthly fares dropping to $310 (but rising again in February to $315), but has drawn nationwide [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10535732&pnum=0 press] and TV coverage to its colourful protest actions.

The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.

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	To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from Waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]		To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from Waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]
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		+	In July 2009 Shirin Brown, on behalf of C4FFF, made an oral submission to the Select Committee meeting on Waiheke Island looking at the Auckland Council Bill, and fragments of it made the main evening news on TV One:
		+	[http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ni3qH2hh2M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 YouTube video]


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 In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.
-A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares, was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases.
+A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares (C4FFF), was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases.
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 The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.
-To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]
+To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from Waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]
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	To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]		To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]
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	The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.		The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.
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		+	To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]