I really liked this. I might add it to our comments at the bottom of this email: ‘Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.’ ‘Age and guile beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut.’ Attributed variously to the Greeks, David Mamut and P.J. O’Rourke. … [Read more...]
UN Rapportear – Adequate Housing
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, is visiting New Zealand from 10-19 February, and there are several opportunities to engage with her during the visit. Ms Farha will assess positive developments in housing in New Zealand as well as challenges and gaps in … [Read more...]
This week’s Steven Moe offering:
Gavin Sole on Environmental Sustainability: Gavin is an experienced Process Engineer who has worked for many years in the water and wastewater engineering industry. In this interview we talk about his life and what led him to work in that area as well as some practical steps he and … [Read more...]
St Albans section of Northern Motorway plans:
I received this today from Mark Wilson: You may have noticed the road works, and now things are becoming real, we are entering the final stages of this crazy project which has been on the drawing board for decades, well now the road is actually getting ripped up and things are changing. The … [Read more...]
Garry begins the year…
A belated welcome to the New Year. The Tuesday Club for the past couple of years has stopped in early December and started again after Waitangi Day. That enables us to recharge our batteries and think about lofty things like bar-b-ques, novels which have no purpose other than to entertain us, … [Read more...]
This weeks speaker – Elizabeth Yeaman on going Electric
Christchurch only has 4 electric buses in the City. This is bad we need them all to be electric. Have a read at the pathetic document which has been produced on Transportation for greater Christchurch. Here’s a link to it. Quite frankly, it’s a disgrace. It’s bland and unimaginative. Is this … [Read more...]
Vale to the late, great, Margaret Jeffries:
I’m sure everybody was filled with sadness that Margaret Jeffries had died early this year. This tribute was written by Wendy Everingham: Margaret Jefferies Margaret had two periods of her life living in Lyttelton. The first was from age 6 when her father, the Reverend David Boyd, was … [Read more...]
Water Issues Feb 2020
It was interesting to note that the Government has agreed to support Hawkes Bay Councils as they struggle to address their self-inflicted problems with their water supplies. The whole issue with water and Central Government interfering around New Zealand was brought about because the Hastings City … [Read more...]
It’s time to look at the Royal Honour’s list
I was involved in many conversations with a lot of surprised people after the New Year’s honours list was published. I think the awarding of knighthoods is out of control. They don’t mean anything anymore. They are a dime-a-dozen. There should only be one or at the most, two, each time. … [Read more...]
Where does leadership come from?
I found this graph, which I can’t remember where I found it, over the break. I have no idea about its statistical validity. However, it does demonstrate the need for us to support each other at a local level. To know our neighbours. To shop locally. To have a discount factor on the … [Read more...]
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