I find the current discussion about petrol and diesel engine vehicles versus electric quite boring. When you consider that car manufacturers decided that vehicles should be petrol driven at the start of last century because they had found a massive supply of oil. Now car manufacturers are promoting … [Read more...]
Phil Gets things done Column
Rates: Some years ago there was a City Councillor called Oscar Alpers. At one of the numerous meetings on setting the rates Oscar came up with an observation. He referred to councillors bulldozing costs into another year by putting off addressing costs and therefore being able o set low rates. It … [Read more...]
Housing Dec 2022
Between now and the early parts of the New Year we will carefully analyse how we got to our current disastrous situation with housing. This week I will set the scene by mercilessly stealing from this magnificent article on housing by Rebecca Macfie … [Read more...]
The Mount Erebus memorial
The Tuesday Club is sent to 1400 email addresses. One such address is Paul Gilberd of Auckland. One of Paul’s grandparents died on Flight 901 which crashed on Mount Erebus 43 years ago. He has tirelessly worked with many of the surviving families to establish a site for a memorial to those who died … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 6 Dec 2022
In Italy they economise on the vehicles they travel in. Or, in this case, on. … [Read more...]
Planning for Disasters – something is missing
Rod Cameron was involved in the SCIRT project rebuilding underground infrastructure after the Christchurch earthquakes, he writes here.... I believe there is a ‘missing part’ in the current government and local government anticipation and planning for disasters. I recently attended the … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 29 November on inequality
This week we have Eugenie Sage, Green MP, to speak to us about the 3 Waters legislation. Eugenie was on the Select Committee which considered the Bill. Like most people concerned about the 3 Waters legislation I will be interested in Eugenie’s observations about the process and where she sees the … [Read more...]
Global + Local Climate Action: Where to from here?
6pm December 2 Aldersgate 309 Durham St RSVP here Join Green Party Co-leader James Shaw and Christchurch City Councillor Sara Templeton for a kōrero about action on climate change both globally and at a local level. James will have recently returned from the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference … [Read more...]
Phil Mauger’s “I am standing for mayor because I want to get stuff done” column:
Rate increases: Remember how Phil was promoting 4% rates increases during the election campaign? Last week we analysed how much costs CCC is facing that have gone up over which they have little control, and that it would be nigh on impossible to get to that figure. So, let us consider how … [Read more...]
Property Owners Gang up against Council
Every now and then a group of central city property owners stand up and clear their collective throats. This happened again on Saturday in the Press. A group of grim-faced people demanding that their opinions be considered more important than other submitters. Because they are rich. One of this … [Read more...]
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