We are delighted to have Dame Anne speak to us with her thoughts on the government’s proposed 3 Waters restructure of water in this country. Dame Anne has written about her concerns over the proposed reforms and the article above is one of them. Anne joined us in last week's session, and agreed to … [Read more...]
This Week – a Tale of Two Mayors on Three Waters
This week the Tuesday Club will meet on the 3rd anniversary of the murders at the Mosques in Christchurch. We will remember those who died and those who have suffered at the start of our meeting this week. This week we have two speakers. Firstly, we will have Dr Jason Smith the mayor of Kaipara … [Read more...]
Last week Raf Manji
Can Raf Manji lead TOP into Parliament? | RNZ It was great to see our old mate Raf Manji in another role other than as a City Councillor. This role suits Raf’s huge knowledge in finance and macro-economics. We had a good turnout on Zoom and Facebook for his talk. Raf followed on from the … [Read more...]
This Week on Zoom – Celeste Donovan
This week we have asked the newest City Councillor, Celeste Donovan, who replaced James Daniels when he resigned from Christchurch City Council. It was an interesting election, and the people of the East elected a strong woman with environmental skills to lead the very part of this city which will … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker: Jean Drage
Jean gave us a comprehensive summary of where the government appears to be heading with local government reform. At the end of the talk, it became obvious that we must go into great depth on this topic this year. We had a good discussion on “anticipatory governance” which could also be something … [Read more...]
This Week Raf Manji
Raf has spoken several times to the Tuesday Club during his time as a City Councillor in Christchurch. He has now moved onto the central government stage and is the new leader of The Opportunities Party (TOP). Raf has agreed to speak this week about his ideas about what needs to change in New … [Read more...]
Last week’s speakers – Community Finance initiatives…
Last week James Palmer and Paul Gilberd gave us a finance 101 talk on the clever structure, Community Finance, they have developed to assist community agencies obtain finance to build homes for the poor. This organisation, which complies with financial regulations, has developed over the past few … [Read more...]
This Week on Zoom – Dr Jean Drage on Future of Local Government
Jean is based in Christchurch and has been keeping a close eye on the politics around NZ’s local government for about three decades now, as a teacher and a researcher. She is interested in the issues of political representation and participation. It is a busy time for reform right now and … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker: Bernard Hickey
Last week we had a wonderful resume of just what happened to the economy after Covid 19 struck. The government, quite correctly, acted fast and implemented support systems to keep the economy operating. The unintended consequences of the support have resulted in a massive growing of the gap between … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Bernard Hickey
We were to have Bernard onsite, but Covid has seen to that. So, we are back to Zoom. Bernard was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan during the week in what was a marvelous interview … [Read more...]
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