Roger Fowler, Papakura
- Internet MANA list position: (31)
Roger & his wife Lyn have lived in Mangere East for 35 years, bringing up their family of 4 children and 5 mokopuna.
Manager of the Mangere East Community Learning Centre, Roger has been a community activist since the 1970s, & was awarded a QSM for community service in 1999.
A veteran civil rights & peace advocate & unionist, his occupations have included bus driver, welder, & citizen journalist. Roger has led many successful community campaigns including the closure of the polluting Auckland Airport incinerator, and the movement that stopped government plans to build a motorway through Mangere last year.
Editor of Fare-Free NZ blog promoting free public transport, and Kia Ora Gaza website. Roger has led three Kiwi delegations on humanitarian convoys to war-ravaged Gaza, and organized the NZ Conference on Palestine 2013. Campaigning with InternetMANA to always put the people & the environment first.