Over the past few weeks, we have seen the public garrotting of the leader of the Green Party, James Shaw, by both the media; and members of his party. We all make mistakes and this one was a doozy. To have supported a school which is essentially a private refuge for rich middle-class kids as they … [Read more...]
Evan Smith
Our old mate Evan Smith died a week ago and was cremated on Friday. Here is a wonderful eulogy from the Press yesterday. https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/122627605/life-story-the-cantankerous-bugger-who-saved-a-community I liked the final part where Tom McBrearty commented on the visit … [Read more...]
Beirut:
I was sent this article by Hester Moore, who spoke to the Tuesday Club last year: Around the end of 2018, my friends opened a cozy bar – Tenno - in a lively elbow of our Beirut neighborhood, Mar Mikhail. It edges the city’s historic Armenian quarter, and the main artery of Armenia Street that … [Read more...]
Demolition of the Catholic Cathedral in an extremely insensitive manner:
I received this in an email at the end of the week. It seems amazing that there seems to be no great effort made to save many of the artifacts in the Cathedral building. I bet Paddy Snowdon would get them out if asked. This could be another example of Health and Safety being used to destroy yet … [Read more...]
Ruth Spearing’s letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health:
Remember the wonderful talk which Ruth gave to the Tuesday Club a few short weeks ago. Well here is a letter she wrote last week to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health under the heading: How can NZ have lost such an innovative team? Firstly, can I say how much we all appreciate the … [Read more...]
Why does Canterbury DHB have a deficit: paper by David Meates:
In the last few days of his term as CE of CDHB David Meates produced this financial statement. All the Minister of Health’s response was that his advice from the Ministry of Health and Treasury did not support David Meates’ arguments. His blind faith in the advice he is getting puts his judgement at … [Read more...]
Slowly the MOH’s ability to put their fingers in the holes of their leaky dike evaporates:
This week it was announced that the person who has been driving the budget management of the DHB’s at the Ministry of Health, Michelle Arrowsmith, has resigned and is heading back to the UK, from whence she came. In a brilliant analysis by Ian Powell he makes his case for NZ to take a step back … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 8 Septembr 2020
Garry writes 1 Sept 2020
This week we watched on in silence, and in grief, as some of the victims of the Mosque murders stood before the man who had tried his best to destroy their lives. Just passing the Court, which was surrounded by gun wielding Police, was sobering enough on its own. Observing the members of the Muslim … [Read more...]
This Week: 20 Minute Cities with Iain White
There has been growing international discussion of '20 Minute Cities' or '20 Minute Neighbourhoods' as a means to improve the quality of our lives as well as contribute towards wider goals associated with local economic regeneration or climate change. This talk will explain the emergence of the … [Read more...]
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