I am working to get one, maybe two speakers about the CDHB. We will analyse what has happened to the senior management team and we will work out what we can do to challenge the dreadful dumping of a magnificent public servant. This area needs to stand up and be counted on how we are treated down … [Read more...]
Rob Davidson:
The wonderful husband, and best mate, of our Mayor Lianne Dalziel, died of cancer on Friday. Rob died peacefully in his sleep after having attentively said goodbye to all of those close to him. Rob was a working-class boy who went from school to work and at 17 started with the NZ Railways. He … [Read more...]
People are thinking hard about the CDHB:
I have had numerous conversations about the CDHB over the past disastrous week. The week when brilliant leadership was sent up the road. Last night I received these thoughts from Bruce White about a subsection of the complex issue of public health: I don’t know much about the inner workings of … [Read more...]
Green Streets:
In previous Tuesday Club notes I have written about a street down the road from our place which was an experiment designed by a person who is now a Regional Councillor, Grant Edge. The street has no gutters and the road is quite narrow. The whole community planted the trees and they are looking … [Read more...]
John Key is wrong about wealthy overseas investors being able to buy NZ property:
It’s understandable that the former PM was campaigning for his old Party when he spoke in Auckland last week. However, when he was also attempting to prop up property values so that the Bank that he chairs, ANZ, doesn’t have its investment portfolio collapse on them. His argument of wealthy … [Read more...]
Mainfreight sends a message to Local Government about long term planning:
One of my late mates, who I really miss, is Neil Graham one of the two founders of Mainfreight. Neil, whenever he met somebody and when asked what he did, always replied that he was a truck driver. He was a guy who started working for himself when he was 17, and never worked for anybody else. Not … [Read more...]
75 years ago today the second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki:
I attended a memorial ceremony at the Peace Bell in Hagley Park this morning. There were more people attending than there has been for years. It was led by young people and was really moving. At one stage I was international vice-President of Mayors for Peace. The Mayor of Nagasaki, Mayor Ito, … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 11 August 2020
Garry Writes 4 August 2020
On Jim Mora’s programme on Sunday morning Jim discussed data results, with Research NZ managing partner Emanuel Kalafatelis, about NZers views on people who perform various roles in our society. High on the popularity list are people who perform the role in the fire service, ambulance staff, … [Read more...]
Last week on New Stadium pitch
What a doozy of a session it was last week. Firstly, we heard from George Shaw with his dream of a Street Art Central site in the Salt district, giving Christchurch a chance to share his collection of Banksy art (the largest in the Southern hemisphere) with the world. This was a creative man who has … [Read more...]
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