Local Government constantly looks for ways to reduce costs. That's what any business should always be doing. The Councils in the Wellington region created a framework to address their investments in their water infrastructure collaboratively. They named it Wellington Water. Wellington Water is … [Read more...]
Central Government does not understand (or care about?) Local Government
1. Rosemary Neave's letter in Press this week: I support four year terms. However the present proposal to have the option of central government extending for a year is madness.Have they even considered the implications for local government?? I suspect not. If both local and central … [Read more...]
CCC must rejoin LGNZ
I’m not sure why a small majority of the Mayor and Councillors experienced a brain drain and decided to leave Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) last year. When in office I played an active role in that organisation as has most Christchurch Mayors. We achieved a lot for our city by being involved … [Read more...]
The Misguided Minister of Speed
I come from a family of petrol heads. My Dad was a motor mechanic for 55 years. I came to live in Christchurch because the Vintage Car Club scene was so alive down here. Whenever someone in the family talked about travelling from “A” to “B” the first question asked by a family chorus was “what time … [Read more...]
As CCC works on its Long-Term Plan how will it handle future water investments
Regular readers will remember my absolute distaste toward the 3 Waters policy rammed on our communities throughout NZ by the Labour Government. People will be expecting me to be jubilant that the government intends to scrap the badly thought through water plans of the previous … [Read more...]
Dawn Baxendale has left the building…
In an article in Newsroom David Williams wrote about the CE of CCC, Dawn Baxendale resigning from her position. Here’s the article A new dawn for Christchurch’s council after mystery and mayhem (newsroom.co.nz). I recommend that you read it if you have not already. I found the article useful because … [Read more...]
CCHL AGM this week…
I attended the CCHL AGM on Friday. Several times the chair referred to their commitment to openness and the fact that this was the first time that CCHL had had a public meeting to announce their performance in the past year. That is another example of “without a knowledge of history you are … [Read more...]
Garry’s thoughts 21 November 2023
The elected reps will be debating the future of CCHL as part of the upcoming Long-Term Plan (LTP). There have been several attempts over the years to sell the city’s trading assets. Everyone unsuccessful. I am sure this will continue with the current council. When central government sold its … [Read more...]
Tuesday Club is back in the flesh this week with Jim Palmer and Local Government Review
This week we have Jim Palmer who chaired the Review on Local Government at Tuesday Club. In June the report from this group(who had undertaken an exhausting exercise to obtain widespread feedback from all over NZ) was published. This report was released in June but promptly got lost in the leadup to … [Read more...]
Proposed sale of Assets – selling the family silver?
So, come along to the WEA on Monday evening at 7pm to hear a group of speakers inform you on why we should not sell our assets. It is time for us all to mobilise and to inform our elected reps that they are currently being led up a blind alley. Since the end of last year there has been a push by … [Read more...]
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