Rosemary writes: A forum of people unified by a single objective: to seize this opportunity to transform New Zealand. Better Futures Forum sprung out of the Covid crisis. A crisis that will be one of many if we do not fundamentally change the way we live or use the finite resources on this … [Read more...]
Garry writes 25 August 2020
This week I haven’t been able to think about much other than the disaster which is occurring at the CDHB. Having a chance to listen to Sir John Hansen on Tuesday night didn’t settle my concerns. Time and again I turned my mind to what a friend wrote to me some weeks ago that we are dealing with … [Read more...]
Last Week Sir John Hansen
Last week we had Sir John Hansen, current Chair of the Canterbury District Health Board. Sir John gave a relatively short talk and then answered questions from those attending and those who had submitted questions earlier. It was one of the few times which Sir John has spoken publicly, and we were … [Read more...]
Elections GE2020
This article deserves closer examination: Despite Judith Collins’ claim, the caretaker convention – the understanding that in certain circumstances significant governing decisions should have a parliamentary majority, or be consulted on by the opposition – does not apply in the pre-election … [Read more...]
Ignore radio talk back on Covid 19:
It’s fascinating the empty nonsense we hear on radio talkback is promoting that we follow Sweden which supposedly has more liberties than we have. In recent comments talkback radio host Ryan Bridge wrote, "It’s becoming abundantly clear the Prime Minister’s sworn mission of stamping Covid-19 out … [Read more...]
This is a brilliant analogy of how we are careless about saving cents and causing millions of costs:
In this article Eric Crampton tells the tale of the faulty O-ring which caused the explosion of one of the Space rockets and the death of all the astronauts inside. It was a simple, in fact cheap, fitting which failed and destroyed everything everybody had been working on. In this article … [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...]
This Weeks Speaker Sir John Hansen
This week we will have the Chair of the CDHB, Sir John Hansen, speaking on the Board and how it proposes to address the massive challenge they have right now with 5 key senior staff having resigned. Two temporary appointments to key positions were announced on Friday. After our last session I … [Read more...]
How the former Auditor General got below par treatment:
I know the former Auditor General, Martin Matthews, and like him a lot. He received a shabby treatment by the committee of Parliamentarians whose task is to act judiciously, and in the interests of this Country. Instead they allowed trial by media to sway them and they carried out their … [Read more...]
Red Zone, it’s time for proper community dialogue by CCC to implement Evan Smiths work:
Community groups are gearing up to become engaged in a sensible and inclusive discussion on the Red Zone. A plan was produced by Regenerate Christchurch and has been handed over to Christchurch City Council to implement. In the video in the article below there is an amazing interview with Evan … [Read more...]
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