Like most people who watched Peter Jackson’s digital version of the WW 1 war films I went to bed wondering why the hell any politician would send anybody ever to war. The film was horrendously graphic. Looking at the young men heading to their deaths and hearing the voices of their fellow soldiers … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s comments on Climate Change
Sorry I didn’t get to the Tuesday Club meeting to hear about climate change so these are just a few of my thoughts. I will be 85 in a couple of months’ time, so I supposed it’s my generation that’s buggered things up but I’m not sure how. We didn’t have rubbish like we have now, every Tuesday … [Read more...]
Cyclways
It does bug me when the Press produces yet another article on the bad money that is being spent on cycleways. Then this is followed up by another rant from Mike Yardley about them. It’s all so predictable. And boringly out of date. I saved this article up before I left for holidays … [Read more...]
A good housing story involving my whanau:
A really neat part of the media are the local stories produced by Frank Films. This week Gerard Smyth and team at Frank Films produced a story on a wonderful housing solution called the Peterborough Housing Coop. I have written about it before. In the film the Frank Film crew focused in on those … [Read more...]
Review of Local Government
The Government has done its best to garrot Local Government and has now announced that they intend reviewing the role and function of Local Government. This review is not before time as the last time a review was undertaken was in 2002, again by a Labour Government. The Terms of Reference are … [Read more...]
In conclusion 4 May 2021
This Week – Tuesday submission on Climate Change to CCC
This week Tony Moore from CCC is coming again to help us as we work on a submission for the Tuesday Club on the Draft Climate Change Strategy for the Christchurch City Council. We will not be recording this session. … [Read more...]
Last week – Rod Carr
Dr Rod Carr, the chairperson of the Climate Change Commission, is obviously a busy man right now, having to deal with 15,500 submissions. Despite that, he took the time last week to address the Tuesday Club. It was a hugely popular talk and those who arrived after 5:20 pm could not fit into the … [Read more...]
Garry writes 20 April 2021
In the report on last week’s Tuesday Club meeting there was an excellent example of how important it is that Council staff are able to sit and play with ideas with a group which is only about sharing them. Tony Moore, who is an amazingly enthusiastic public servant, had just presented on the … [Read more...]
Last Week – CCC on Climate Change and Representation Review
Last week we had a hummer of a session... Firstly, Tony Moore spoke about the CCC programme to address Global Warming. It was interesting to have Eric Pawson challenge the room to consider whether or not we as a City are being brave enough and embracing the Climate Commission’s goals. That led to … [Read more...]
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