Am I on my own when I express frustration about the endless delays in establishing a Governance structure for the Red Zone? Surely 10 years of sitting at endless meetings chewing the end of a pencil has enabled Central and Local Government time to get their act together. There’s quite frankly no … [Read more...]
CCC Long Term Plan
A reminder that the Tuesday Club will be making submissions on the Long-Term Plan. For those who would like to assist with this presentation then please get in touch. I received this from Andrew Turner answering some queries which had been forwarded to him after he had spoken to the Tuesday … [Read more...]
Housing April 2021
John Patterson wrote to me this week and said: I see in the Tuesday Club notes this week you have my story of building houses after the war, I hope it makes people think. To work out were you have to go you need to look where you’ve been. The house my great granddad built in 1886 was 212 … [Read more...]
Why do politicians play games with each other which merely props up the status quo?
From my perspective Andy Foster increasingly proves that he is unsuited to be Mayor of Wellington. Last week he called for an investigation into why a Councillor had met with a Minister which is, quite frankly, pathetic. I bet if the person who met a Minister was promoting the same policies as … [Read more...]
A challenge for us as a country from Sir Paul Callaghan which could assist the direction for our City
In Newsroom last week there was an article on the speech which Sir Paul Callaghan gave 10 years ago challenging our society to reform and to accommodate new approaches towards how we address our challenges. As I read the article, I wondered how we could apply this to our City and for Greater … [Read more...]
Fabian Society talk this week
Natasha Hamilton-Hart - Anglo-American capitalism in an East Asian Mirror I would like to invite you to hear Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart discuss the above topic5pm on Wednesday April 14 at Wellington Central Baptist Church, 46-48 Bouclott Street, Wellington You can also join by … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 13 April 2020
Garry writes 6 April 2021
Last week there was an article by an anonymous writer in Newsroom about RNZ. This writer is a current staff member of RNZ and has written the article anonymously. The fact that they had to write this under cover is a worrying sign. I would hazard a guess that the greater proportion of Tuesday … [Read more...]
Last Week: Andrew Turner
Last week we had, what I thought, was an excellent presentation by Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner. Andrew was completely on top of his task as Chair of the Finance Committee at the Council. It was good seeing three Councillors, Pauline Cotter, Phil Mauger and Jake McClellen supporting Andrew. Here’s … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Farid Ahmed
This week we are honoured to have Farid Ahmed who has become internationally recognised for his promotion of peace after the dreadful Mosque massacre two years ago. This photo is when he received an international Peace Award in Abu Dhabi. Here’s what was written about him in the International … [Read more...]
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