We are keen to encourage Tuesday Club readers to write articles on what we should be focusing on in Christchurch in response to the IPCC report. We need to find speakers who will speak about what we need to do. Please send us your suggestions. In the Guardian there was an article about the … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 18 August 2021
Garry Writes on water, again
Slowly it’s starting to be realized by people that the soft soaping by the Government advertising how they have a plan for water isn’t the real story. We’re organizing a public meeting on water: We have decided that it's important that ordinary voters have a chance to hear from a group of … [Read more...]
This week – Louise Tapper and Rosemary Du Plessis
This week we have Dr. Louise Tapper and Adjunct Assoc Prof Rosemary Du Plessis Speaking about their research project Making the most of now:Young women’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic This study researched what do young women in Otautahi have to say about the impact of … [Read more...]
Aotearoa Water Action need our financial assistance
Kia ora wonderful tap water drinkers! You have all called for a moratorium on new water bottling consents and an independant Inquiry into the potential impacts of the water bottling industry in New Zealand. It's been a long time coming but we are about to deliver our PUSH PAUSE petition to … [Read more...]
Thoughts on the Pacific Island apology by the Government
The Dawn Raids were started by the Labour Party in 1974. But as a Tongan man said recently, Muldoon and the National Party took it to a new level. How well I remember Wing Commander Frank Gill. When we consider that these families were brought to NZ as cheap labour to take on the task’s kiwis were … [Read more...]
Nurses dispute analysis by Ian Powell
This week the following column on the nurse’s dispute was written by Ian Powell. I share his thoughts on Andrew Little who I think is a good man. Here is the article: Arguably Minister of Health Andrew Little is the MP in the New Zealand Parliament with the greatest experience and knowledge … [Read more...]
Housing analysis by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey wrote this in his Kaka column last week. I thank him for his permission to reprint this. I think it’s something which has covered many critical issues. Make your own mind up, and here it is: PM Jacinda Ardern defended her Government against the Human Rights Commission’s accusation … [Read more...]
Student looking for assistance with survey
Does anyone want to take part in an amazing survey on wellbeing in central Christchurch for a Masters in Planning student from the University of Otago. He’s in Christchurch to do his fieldwork for his thesis “Planning for well-being in Central Christchurch". He’s got a survey and will be doing … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 8 August
This poem made me think about the times I did not make the call: Around The Corner Around the corner I have a friend,In this great city that has no end,Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before I know it, a year is gone.And I never see my old friends face,For life is a swift and terrible … [Read more...]
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