Garry writes 16 June 2020
It has been wonderful listening to the ideas which have been shared at the Tuesday Club over the past few weeks. The desire to embrace and promote change has been a common theme. This City has experienced massive challenges over the past few years and each time we have said to each other “this … [Read more...]
Last week 9 June 2020
Last week’s session had another good attendance. Having three speakers was fun. Sara Templeton spoke as an elected Councillor who is a passionate advocate for the Council and residents and does it in a sensible and reasoned manner. Carl Davidson is a social scientist who has spoken the previous two … [Read more...]
This Week – we are Back at Smash Palace 5 for 5.30
Let's celebrate - those of you who are able - we are back at Smash Palace at 5pm for 5.30 start. No speaker - we are all the speakers: it is a chance to reflect on the sessions of the last three weeks and where to from here. We will be live on Facebook. Though that may not work too well this … [Read more...]
I love the way enterprise is supported in USA, why can’t we learn from them?
Here is the story of a serial entrepreneur who has been down on her knees several times. Each time she has scrambled up and survived, personally and financially. This time Covid 19 struck her business; she and two of her children contracted the disease and still she appears to have survived … [Read more...]
Public Private Partnerships were promoted as a panacea and they aren’t always:
Transmission Gully should perhaps be renamed “Transmission-to-what”. This project looks like it really is in trouble. It was imposed on NZTA by Steven Joyce when he was Minister of Everything. I was on NZTA when Minister Joyce was pushing the NZTA Board really hard to approve it. I enquired had … [Read more...]
A lesson from the film “The grapes of wrath”:
Rex Gibson sent me a summary of the end of the film, “The grapes of wrath”. It reminds us that we, the people, are what it is all about. Governments and bureaucracies often operate by telling us what they think we need to know. This is especially the case with Central Government. The lesson from … [Read more...]
An approach in America to promote bi-partisan ways of supporting change in politics:
The Dallas News is a really interesting media company. It sends me info several times every day. The editorials are often really worth while reading, and thoughtful. A recent article captured my imagination. In it the author writes about a movement in America which has been formed between various … [Read more...]
ANZ bank caught again by regulators:
Once again, the ANZ Bank has been dragged into Court by the Financial Markets Authority. Here’s what happened. ANZ first identified a duplicate policy issue around September 2017. The ineligible customers issue was identified around May 2018. ANZ did not disclose either issue to the FMA or Reserve … [Read more...]
Isn’t the debate about public statues interesting?
There has been considerable debate about the statue of Edward Colston being delivered to a watery grave in the Bristol Harbour recently. It was fascinating to look back at Colston’s history. His company transported more than 100,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas … [Read more...]
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