I want to see us considering policies which move us to a new place during the election campaign. Our economy has been reset, as has our society, by Covid 19. Now is the time for boldness and courage. Our PM has enormous public support. She has extraordinary skills as an orator and for … [Read more...]
The role of groups, like the Tuesday Club is about community well-being:
A group formed in Portland in 1974, called the 1000 Friends of Oregon. This group has influenced public policy in Portland ever since. Changes have been incredible at times. When I visited Portland as Mayor there was a flyover in the middle of the City which had been stopped. It hung in the air as a … [Read more...]
Garry writes about CDHB
A good mate of mine text me the other day. He was commenting on David Meates being pushed out of CDHB. His comment was “here is a great example of ethics being pushed aside by economics”. To this I would add, bad economics. How long, South Island New Zealand, will we remain at the mercy of … [Read more...]
Growing Transitional Engineering:
Taking a different approach to how engineers shape a low carbon future... The Sustainability Society, Engineers for Social Responsibility and the Global Association for Transition Engineering are hosting a webinar panel event exploring the transition engineering movement. Join them for a … [Read more...]
Let’s make Housing an election issue:
I’m fed up with the two biggest political parties playing games with housing. I say this to them both. Stop it. Stop the pettiness. Be brave. Change your dialogue. Give the little person a fair suck on the sav. It is possible for us to achieve, with a population our size, decent housing for all. … [Read more...]
Garry’s musings 14 July 2020
It was really rewarding last week to be inspired by the enthusiasm of people at the Tuesday Club. People are responding to the chance to get involved, which was exactly why we started the Tuesday Club. We will never go fast enough to keep everybody happy, but the challenge is to enable people to … [Read more...]
Last Week
Last week’s session was a hum dinger. There was enthusiastic discussion on what exactly could shovel ready projects look like. There were a lot of ideas. Some on topic. Some not. We have the list but we are wanting you to come up with additional ones which we will work on together. This week I … [Read more...]
This Week – let’s talk about Leadership
This week Rosemary and I decided that we are going to set in place what we think the Tuesday Club needs to be focusing on over the next few weeks. It’s time we thought about how we can encourage leadership from the streets. How we engage younger members of the community into participation. What … [Read more...]
Should we revive the Ministry of Works?
PSA is hosting some webinars on Progressive Thinking... With just-announced Government funding for ‘shovel-ready projects’ and an election on the horizon, infrastructure spending is a hot topic. For our next Progressive Thinking webinar, we'll be sitting down with Victoria University’s Dr … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 30 June 2020
This week I was in conversation with many people about the need for all sorts of leadership in our City. At every level. People generally agreed that leadership starts with each of us. I am most interested in what are the elements which make a City thrive. I read everything I can lay my hands on … [Read more...]
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