Last week we had an excellent session with the CE’s of Christchurch City Council and Waimakariri District Council, Dawn Baxendale and Jim Palmer about the Council’s planning for Greater Christchurch 2050. It’s a difficult topic planning for a future date. ….said it best when she spoke as a GP in … [Read more...]
This Week: Paul Cottam on Housing
We are starting to head toward February 22 2021. The 10th Anniversary of the earthquake which killed so many people. We want to travel down a positive path to discuss/debate future options for Greater Christchurch, and the South Island. We are now working our way through the list of issues … [Read more...]
Last Week the Film Sector
Last week we had a series of speakers from the Film Sector. They covered a range of topics including: International TVC industry is gone due to boardersLoosing Crew to the North Island due to lack of productionsCentral Government has a huge amount of funding available for content creation.We need … [Read more...]
This Week Jo Kane – CDHB
Jo is a member of the CDHB who is known for her honesty. She is one of only three who are finding their voice in speaking out about what is happening. Join us on Zoom this week to hear more: 5.00 for a catch up, 5.30 to … [Read more...]
Last Week Iain White on 20 Minute Cities
Last week we had another session which followed several we have had by Jim Lunday, by Iain White, of the Better Futures Forum. The 20-minute village is an excellent simple mantra which can influence town planning to reinforce the villages we live in. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than … [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...]
Last week’s speaker Ian Powell
It was refreshing to have the measured presentation by Ian Powell who has been around for long enough involved in Health politics to have an antenna which can tell bullshit from reality. Ian was really clear that the Chair and the Crown Monitor should both be sacked by the Minister. He gave us a … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Ian Powell on CDHB
How can CDHB best serve its population... This week we are privileged to have Ian Powell, who for 30 years was the Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. Ian has a unique view of Health having been there before most of the current players and having worked with … [Read more...]
Last Week Dr Ruth Spearing on the CDHB
We had an inspiring session last week, led by Ruth Spearing, a recently retired specialist at CDHB. Ruth highlighted the issues which CDHB has been facing and there was a lively discussion which followed. The discussion attracted wide interest as it has been viewed over 2500 times in the last week. … [Read more...]
Last Week Roger Sutton on Tiwai Point
I have to confess I only partially succeeded when I got everybody on Zoom last week. Rosemary was away and we were relying on the technologically challenged person, me. We were all able to talk to each other in the wonderful session led by Roger Sutton. However, despite pushing the button … [Read more...]
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