Last week I sat at the end of the Christchurch City Council table and made a submission on the Long-Term Plan. When I presented there was a full attendance of Councillors. It was toward the end of the process, and they were impressively attentive. I had sat through this exercise 15 times and it can … [Read more...]
Last Week Tim Moore
As a parent you don’t get to view a side to your kid that you don’t know much about very often. As a sat and listened to our son Tim speak about the difficult topic of the “Right-to-life” legislation and its implementation I was impressed by his professionalism. This topic is about as hard as they … [Read more...]
This week – Cheryl Doig – Learning City Christchurch
Cheryl Doig and Elle Archer are trustees for Learning City Christchurch, a charitable trust focused on connecting the city so that learning is accessible for all. The Trust challenges the notion of what school you went to as the key question for the city and explores how we can create a city that is … [Read more...]
The Government’s water reforms
I am extremely suspicious of the Government’s proposed water reforms. I can understand the desire of the Government to have everybody in New Zealand all having access to clean water. That is a given. I can understand the Government being hacked off with underinvestment in infrastructure. That’s what … [Read more...]
Another article which analyses how our Health system got shafted down here
Unfortunately, the DHB’s have been assigned to the dust bin of history. Within my lifetime I believe that future politicians will be asking how the hell we got the restructuring of the health services wrong, again. I was challenged last week to acknowledge that the reforms will be just what we need … [Read more...]
A well timed review on the Prison Service
Whenever there is a problem with a prison it is automatic for the Corrections Department (is this the appropriate name for this outfit? Shouldn’t it be “Punitive Department”?) to issue a blank dismissal of any story being carried by the media. They are never wrong and it is the dreadful people that … [Read more...]
Council owned businesses: it’s time elected reps and Board members started to perform and to behave properly
This might make me sound like the old geezer in the back garden, but it’s time for a lecture to both the elected reps on CCC and the Board and staff of CCHL CCHL was created at a time when neo-liberal economics was top of the heap. The Business Roundtable was sweeping through NZ gobbling up … [Read more...]
David Shepherd comments as an urban designer on the loss of fertile soils
David Shepherd, a respected Architect in this City, but it is less well known that David is a trained urban designer from Oxford University. David responded to an item on TVNZ last weekend about the loss of fertile soils around our cities. I really liked what he wrote in reply. Here it … [Read more...]
Here’s a wonderful example of the greed of banks
The six-month mortgage holiday and the $6000 in extra baggage... I received this email this week. It focused on the greed exhibited by the banks of our country: I'm reminded of the Tuesday club stories you did on banks last year. While everyone is focused on blaming govt with who wins/loses in … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 25 May 2021
This week here is an cartoon of the difference between Maori life expectancy and the rest of the population. It’s a sobering graph. … [Read more...]
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