It’s a real worry that the voting pattern right around New Zealand is bad for the Local Government elections. If we look at Christchurch by this time in 2010 the percentage was 21.94%; in 2013 it was 24.21%; in 2016 it was 21.18%; and this year it is 17.58%. These numbers should cause our … [Read more...]
Response to last week’s notes on Pratt & Whitney being supported by CCC to come here:
I had a number of people get in touch with me and say how much they enjoyed reading about CCC’s activist approach to getting Pratt & Whitney to this City. One response was really interesting and this person wrote: Are you aware that it is not uncommon in Germany for local authorities to take … [Read more...]
Merivale Mall expansion
Ex-councillor John Burn, who has been leading the pushback against the approval of a huge increase in size of Merivale Mall, granted without any public notice, has given me a copy of his letter to supporters last week. The commissioner, plus two community board members, despite this … [Read more...]
Ihumaatao:
I know that I have written about this many times, but I think the challenge of Ihumaatao is something which all of us have an interest in. This article gives some interesting background info on the historic aspects of this dispute: … [Read more...]
Muck Rack
Have you heard of this lot? If not, have a look at this web site. It makes very interesting reading. https://muckrack.com/. Consider this. Is this a reflection of the weakened state of our media that they have to rely on this sort of message? Find the right journalists to … [Read more...]
The Zero Rates Debate
This debate has gone on and on during the campaign. I would argue because most journalists are financially illiterate, and can’t argue why the basic premise is nonsense. The Press has a dated article by Mike Yardley on its website which has been there for weeks. During the week the Press … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 8 October
Like many people I have been thinking a lot about the state of our local democracy. The number of people who have voted is disgraceful. It is time to start thinking about democracy not being about every three years, but instead of every day. I read this quote in a mag recently when Peter Singer … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 1 October
One way we seek to ignore somebody who is saying something which threatens us, is by calling them a name. Generally, a name we don’t like. I remember, when I was in student politics, my Uncle Jack telling my mother that he thought I was a communist. That meant he didn’t need to listen to what I … [Read more...]
Last Weeks Speaker Tom Logan
Here is Aaron Campbell’s video of the talk https://youtu.be/kXKznZ6Avh4. Thanks Aaron. It was so refreshing to have listened to Tom Logan. He came back to NZ after completing his PhD to focus on ensuring that engineering students are challenged to consider adopting a systems approach to issues of … [Read more...]
This weeks Speaker – Annabeth Cohen Forest and Bird
The Government’s new freshwater policies will go a long way to restoring waterways in New Zealand by curbing pollution and improving protection for wetland habitats – but they could go further. Please see the Ministry for the Environment consultation documents here. Come along to hear … [Read more...]
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