Boycott move gains support

Press, 11 April 1977, Page 2

Boycott move gains support

A movement organised by housewives aiming to boycott products they feel are over-priced is rapidly gaining support, according to one of the organisers, Mrs M. Himiona. The Housewives Boycott Movement has planned a public meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Wainoni Park. Mrs Himiona said she now' had the names of 288 supporters — and Radio Hauraki. Radio New Zealand, and Radio Avon had expressed interest in publicising the boycott. The movement, she said, would decide at the meeting tomorrow what product would be boycotted first. It would probably not be a “basic” product, as the movement wanted to gauge its support before going on to the “necessity” products, Mrs Himiona said. "We will hold our boycotts until the manufacturer brings the price down or properly justifies the price,” she said. “We are hardly ever given a proper explanation of these price-rises.” she said. “If we can just help to make the person responsible for this situation aware that we cannot take it forever, this will be half the battle won tn itself.” Mrs Himiona said the movement was not a political one. A trade-union representative, and representatives of

the Social Credit Political League, the Labour Party, and the Values Party would attend tomorrow’s meeting. Mrs Himiona said a representative of the National Party had declined an invitation. If wet, the meeting would be held at the Salvation Army Hall in Portsmouth Street, Mrs Himiona said.