This week Mayor Lianne Dalziel is coming to the Tuesday Club to give her thoughts on the challenges facing the City over the next three years. We have asked Lianne to identify the sort of issues which the Tuesday Club can address which assists CCC to do their work better. This will be the … [Read more...]
This week Denis Pyatt
Denis finished 11 years as Principal at Papanui High School in Christchurch at the beginning of 2011. Before that he was Principal for 6 years at Horowhenua College in Levin. He sees the high quality State education system in New Zealand as one of our real taonga. He is a regular at the Tuesday … [Read more...]
This Week Johnny Moore
Johnny is well known to you as one of our hosts at Smash Palace, often helping out with sorting our sound and IT for the Tuesday Club. He is also a regular columnist in The Stuff. Johnny and his sister Anna who is also part of the Smash Palace family will talk about running a business in the … [Read more...]
Last Week Jean Drage
Thanks to Jean Drage who presented a big picture view of local democracy, and the challenges in getting people involved. This video is worth watching. Some factors that impact voter engagement candidates with a high local profile or controversial issues (these are not easily, nor necessarily … [Read more...]
This weeks speaker: Jean Drage
Jean is going to share some thoughts on the recent elections. You may have seen her articles in Stuff recently (links below). Since moving to Christchurch more than a decade ago, Jean Drage has worked for both Canterbury and Lincoln Universities and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. … [Read more...]
Managing Port Hills Fire Risk
Thanks to Steffan Kraberger for an excellent precis of his research into Spatial Planning for Port Hills Wild Fires. I love the story that he and Di Lucas submitted the idea of this thesis, positing the risk. Three months later we had the Port Hills Fires. Watch the Video here … [Read more...]
Last Weeks Speaker Dawn Baxendale
It was a real pleasure to welcome the new CCC CEO Dawn Baxendale, to her first public speaking engagement. Dawn summarised her life and what gives her stability, her family, and what has formed her as a person. It was refreshing to listen to a CEO with massive background in Local Government and … [Read more...]
This weeks speaker – To see ourselves as others see us:
The killings that took place on March 15 generated a global reaction and waves of visitors from across the world to the two mosques that were attacked. Many entered in tears and it was as if this spoke to each in a very personal way. Invitations came to speak at international gatherings, and one was … [Read more...]
Last Week’s Speaker Tim Grafton
Last week’s speaker was Tim Grafton, CEO of the Insurance Council. This address was really well received. Unfortunately, I was trapped in Wellington so cannot comment on the evening other than having enjoyed the video. After the presentation I received the following message from … [Read more...]
This weeks Speaker – Tim Grafton
This week we have the CEO of the Insurance Council, Tim Grafton. The Tuesday Club has had many discussions on insurance, as most of us have had a deep, and often painful, personal experience of them since the earthquakes. Insurance will drive our Cities more than any other sector as the insurers … [Read more...]