Riot police hold down a protester as they disperse demonstrators in the township of Tharkata on the outskirts of Yangon. The UN special envoy for Myanmar called for urgent Security Council action, saying multiple peaceful protesters were killed and injured in the military’s worst crackdown this … [Read more...]
Garry writes 9 March 2021
One thing which makes a Government, or a local council, vulnerable is weak or out of touch advice from officials. On the ground people know when they are being fed a line of rubbish if the officials do not understand how they really feel or act because the advisors are not sufficiently connected to … [Read more...]
Last week: Robin Allison on Co-housing
Last week we had an excellent presentation from Robyn Allison on co-housing. Robyn has recently written a book called “Cohousing for life” and she spoke to this book and about her long experiences over the past few decades about how to make a community like this work. Watch the main session … [Read more...]
This week: Carl Davidson
This week we have Carl Davidson back as a speaker. Carl’s firm, Research First, has conducted longitudinal surveys of Christchurch for years. In fact, no firm has surveyed us more. Carl will talk about their latest findings. I have heard this talk and I really enjoyed it. Come along and form your … [Read more...]
Scott Base is being rebuilt and it’s a big challenge for our City leaders
If there’s one thing which differentiates Christchurch from the rest of New Zealand it’s the cities link to Antarctica. Right now, we have another opportunity to demonstrate how this City is behind this important scientific outpost. Scott Base, which was established by Sir Edmund Hilary in 1957, is … [Read more...]
An analysis of Lester Levy’s performance in health
Recently the Minister of Health re-appointed Lester Levy as Crown Monitor. Here is an extract from the letter of appointment to Levy: Dr Michael Gousmett has researched Lester Levy for a group of health professionals. He has written the article below summarising Levy’s previous history with … [Read more...]
A brilliant article by a family locked out of owning a home
There is a lot written about housing. Mostly by people who already have at least one home. They argue about the cost of money. They argue about Local Government stopping development. They argue that the Resource Management Act is causing the end of the world. There are few who really look at housing … [Read more...]
Water March 2021
One organisation which has been corporatized has been Watercare in Auckland. This giant CCO has its own Board and massively paid senior staff. In my opinion this is precisely what a number of people pushing for the reforms in water have in mind. High paid jobs and away from elected Councillors and … [Read more...]
An interesting defamation case of great public importance
Over the past few years there has been a defamation case working its way through the Courts based on the nasty behaviour of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater (son of former National Party Chairman), PR agent Cameron Slater (son of Sir Doug Graham, former National MP) and Katherine Rich (CEO of the … [Read more...]
A warning to Local Government about how lobbyists work, and a need for us to watch WaterNZ
I do worry that the same thing of “big money, underhand PR and defamatory blogs” as written in the last article could be used to undermine Local Government. With the media obsessed with “click bait”, and newsrooms understaffed, the PR industry is having a field day. I do worry about how … [Read more...]
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