Last week Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Councillor Pauline Cotter spoke about the potential of creating a regional model for addressing the government’s challenge over 3 waters. Here is a link to the talk: https://www.facebook.com/tuesdayclubchch/videos/474729743975687 … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker WeCare Health
I always love hearing somebody who has taken an old problem and applied new thinking to it. I remember John Patterson telling me this is the “ah ha” moment of appreciation of how good this idea really is. Well, I had my “ah ha” moment last week as Brian Ko spoke to us about WeCare Health. He and … [Read more...]
This week’s speakers Andrew Turner and Pauline Cotter
This week Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Councillor Pauline Cotter will speak about a Canterbury model which could be developed to address the 3 Waters challenge which central government has its own solution to. There is no challenging the issue that everybody in New Zealand deserves to have good … [Read more...]
Last Week – conversation about three waters
We had an excellent session debating 3 Waters. Jim O’Malley chairman of the Infrastructure Committee at the Dunedin City Council was a vigorous participant. Most of what was discussed is covered in this week’s notes, especially the writing of Brendon Harre which is below. Feedback from last … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: WeCare Health
And now for something completely different. This week we have a talk by Dr Brian Ko. Brian and his brother are GP’s. They operate the Wecare Health GP clinics at Wigram and Lincoln. My daughter Rosie started working at the clinic a few months ago as a nurse. I have been impressed with this practice … [Read more...]
Last week Jim Lunday
Last week we had Jim Lunday, (a qualified urban planner, architect, and urban designer) talk about what is possible for the Red Zone under the City Plan. I found this really interesting. I am aware some found this challenging. The next part of Jim’s talk was how precisely the recently announced 3 … [Read more...]
This Week – Jim Lunday
This week we are to have a dialogue on two topics. The first is what precisely does the City Plan say can be done in the Red Zone. I do worry that there are a few people who want it just for environmental projects, which is just one very sensible use. However, it is possible to build homes in some … [Read more...]
Last Week Axel Wilke
Last week Axel Wilke convinced us that free public Transport was not the answer to our emissions problem. All but two of those present thought it was at the beginning of the talk. I really enjoyed this session, and it will be sad to see our old mate Axel leave Christchurch and head to Golden Bay. … [Read more...]
This week – Coastal Hazards
Come and hear about Christchurch City Council’s engagement on coastal hazards management Council has released an updated Coastal Hazards Assessment and launched a coastal hazards interactive map portal, and has started engagement on our Coastal Hazards Adaptation Planning … [Read more...]
Last Week – Tock.earth
It was inspiring last week to have June and Ian Burney speak to us about their educational programme aimed at very young children. Their creation of Toch a future creature which children can relate to enables kids to see what could happen in the future if they, and their families, don’t change what … [Read more...]
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