Anti-nuclear group targets Hamilton

Press, 11 June 1987, Page 41

Anti-nuclear group targets Hamilton

Hamilton Anti-nuclear iSivS! 9aytheyare.tar*etingthe two Hamilton Matt in a paten could tip the balA key figure in the antinuclear lobby group, Votes For Peace, the Auckland University chaplain, Mr Ray Galvin, has been quoted as saying that 3 to 5 per cent of voters could base- their votes on the nuclear Issue. . A Waikato University- ■ “Waikato: Times” survey in April showed Labour 4 per cent ahead in Hamilton East and National with a 2 per cent lead in Hamilton West With the narrow margins: between the two parties, the nuclear-free, issue could be significant the paigners said. A coalition of Waikato peace groups was formed

in April to rim . gteetkwi cflunMisou sfttt ; MNK* I .-• Sw Nuclear rawmuMrS?* * peace resource centre. Arms, and workers for< maguine. ■ - The group’s chairman, Ms Becky Bates, of Matemata, said the grouK&id about 20 active members and wanted to shoiv voters how Important they were r was in keeping Many people could .be convinced to do so because of this issue, she said. The nuclear issue might “tip the balance” for other voters who were not sure how to vote, she said, but the campaign was not party political. The group plans to distribute 20,000 pamphlets in the Hamilton electorates.