This week we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 2011 earthquakes. An anniversary is an excellent time to reflect on what has gone before and to consider what could be in the future In my notes this week I will focus on the price people have paid individually. Then we must consider the … [Read more...]
FEB 2021 CDHB reflection
One of the great organisations in our City responding superbly to the earthquakes was CDHB. The staff met the challenges head on. They were there in spades when they were needed. I’m not saying they were always perfect. Which Institution is? However, what did the loyal and hardworking staff gain … [Read more...]
What we should be doing about the future:
I think the time sitting and waiting for our Institutions to respond to our future direction is over. We need to work with politicians who are keen to engage at community level. We have to organise, organise, organise. We have to organise new political groupings and we have to support the … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 23 Feb 2021
Let’s all jump to the next level as a City, as a Region as an Island... … [Read more...]
Last Week Abbas Nazari
Abbas has always been an impressive speaker. Last Tuesday he proved that once again. He spoke as a Kiwi currently studying in Washington DC about his observation of USA politics. He is studying what sort of forces lead to dreadful events like the Mosque massacres in Christchurch in March 2019. It … [Read more...]
Garry writes 16 Feb 2021
People keep asking me if I will stand for Mayor again. The answer is always the same. NO. These days I just promote ideas and dialogue and challenge institutions; and those who Govern them. I continue to be passionately interested in our City and our region of Te Wai Pounamu. I always encourage … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Dr Te Maire Tau
Our Government is intending legislating to change the law regarding how water is delivered to us and how the waterways are controlled. Here is a link to an MFE guideline paper: https://www.mfe.govt.nz/essential-freshwater-new-rules-and-regulations Ngai Tahu, and now joined by Ngati Kahungunu, has … [Read more...]
CDHB Feb 2021 and Ernst Young
Sooner or later the truth was going to emerge about the CDHB. You don’t lose 7 out of 11 of a top performing Executive Management team without the truth of just what happened finally emerging. Even with the pathetic manner in which the Ministry of Health (MOH) replies to Official Information Act … [Read more...]
Is it time to look at how Government contracts are awarded?
Contracts are awarded in New Zealand by the public sector every day. They range from very small to huge. Last year there was an article in Newsroom about extra claims being made by the contractor CPB on Transmission Gully: Author of Government for the Public Good Max Rashbrooke said the … [Read more...]
Let’s get City Planning right in Greater Christchurch
Where are the city planners? I have written earlier in this email about the fact that CCC does not have a City Planner. When we think about the changes brought about by just Covid 19 we need to have to have skilled people in key positions who can lead an intellectually rigorous process to manage … [Read more...]
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