DRIVE 4 CHANGE

DRIVE 4 CHANGE is a trek up the country to raise awareness and mobilise voters. Our message is: things are bad, you need to vote, and you need to vote for change.

Groundswell co-founders Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Paterson will be getting on tractors in Invercargill on 22nd September and driving all the way to Auckland, finishing with a speaking event at the Ellerslie Racecourse at 1pm Sunday 1 October.

Friday 22 September

9am
meet at Lorneville Yards, INVERCARGILL
9.30am
leave INVERCARGILL (Contact: Bruce - 0274385131)
DETOUR (due to flooding): SH1 is closed between Mataura & Gore. We'll turn left just south of Mataura and follow the detour up SH96 Glencoe Rd, then onto Waimumu Rd and down into Gore on Charlton Rd. If you were meeting at the racecourse in Gore, please now wait along Charlton Rd and you will see guys coming in from there.
11.30am
Gore at the Trout
2.00pm 
BALCLUTHA (Contact: Graham - 0274859085 or 03485 9596)
4.30pm
arrive MOSGIEL (Contact: Lucy - 0274605728 or 03489 1495)

Saturday 23 September 

8am
leave MOSGIEL
10.30am
Palmerston - meet 10am from District Rd along SH1
11am
Hampden - meet 10.30 at Bowling Club corner Derby St.
12 noon
OAMARU - meet at 11am at Weston Rd saleyards (Contact: Jan 0274989362)
4.30pm
arrive TIMARU Please RSVP to Roger 027 689 0600 or Jeremy 021571893 if you’d like to attend evening meeting with Bryce & Laurie

Sunday 24 September 

8am
leave TIMARU
11.30am
ASHBURTON - meet at Walnut Avenue, Ashburton Domain (Contact Chris 0273030747)
4pm
arrive CHRISTCHURCH (Contact: Arron - 0275277662)
4.30pm
meet at Speights Ale House, Tower Junction

Monday 25 September

8am
leave CHRISTCHURCH
8.20am
KAIAPOI
9.30am
AMBERLEY - (Contact Michael 0274779715)
11.30am
CHEVIOT (Contact: Jamie - 0273218747)
4pm
arrive KAIKOURA (Contact: Marianne - 033195579)

Tuesday 26 September

6.30am
leave KAIKOURA
10.30am
BLENHEIM - join in SH1 south of Blenheim or meet at PGG Wrightson 10am (Contact: Lone 0220971892)
12pm
arrive PICTON ferry terminal, sort and leave TRACTORS, Check-in 1pm, FERRY DEPARTS 2pm
5.30pm
arrive WELLINGTON

Wednesday 27 September

8.30am
meet at Dry Creek Campsite on Hebden Crescent, Haywards, Lower Hutt.
1pm
MASTERTON - meet from 12.15pm at Booth Logistics yard 11 Norfolk Road (Contact: Deb 027 390 1260)
4pm

6pm
arrive PAHIATUA (Contact: Lincoln 06-3766273 or 027277 3170)
6pm - Post Office Hotel, 164 Main St, Pahiatua

Thursday 28 September

7:30am
leave PAHIATUA
9am
At railway land reserve, Palmerston North
11.30am
TAIHAPE via PALMERSTON NORTH AND BULLS (Palmerston north and bulls Contact: Bryan - 027470 5375 Taihape Contact: Dan - 021864423 or Bruce - 027444 6961)
4pm
arrive TURANGI

Friday 29 September

8am
leave TURANGI
10am
TAUPO
10.30am
Wairakei - meet for coffee at Wairakei BP service station (Contact: Kevin 027 451 0640)
1pm
ROTORUA (Meet at Arawa Park Racecourse, Fenton Street Arriving via Hemo Rd to avoid road works)
4pm
TIRAU

Saturday 30 September

8am
leave TIRAU
9.30am
meet Te Awamutu Bunnings - convoy to Hamilton
10.30am
meet at Hamilton, the Base - Te Rapa
3pm
arrive BOMBAY HILLS, PUKEKOHE (Room to park vehicles and overnight security Contact: Cam - 0273230555 Hamilton Contact: Lee - 0211329207 Morrinsville Contact: Lloyd - 0272723561 Hauraki/Coromandel Contact: Colin - 0277472817)
4-4.30pm
POLICY BONFIRE event (1799 Great South Road, Ramarama)

Sunday 1 October 

9.00am
Meet at 1799 Great South Road, Ramarama (Contact: Cam - 0273230555)
10.00am
depart to travel motorway to Auckland
12.30 pm
arrive Ellerslie Racecourse for Drive 4 Change Round-up

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