A reminder that the Tuesday Club will be making submissions on the Long-Term Plan. For those who would like to assist with this presentation then please get in touch. I received this from Andrew Turner answering some queries which had been forwarded to him after he had spoken to the Tuesday … [Read more...]
Why do politicians play games with each other which merely props up the status quo?
From my perspective Andy Foster increasingly proves that he is unsuited to be Mayor of Wellington. Last week he called for an investigation into why a Councillor had met with a Minister which is, quite frankly, pathetic. I bet if the person who met a Minister was promoting the same policies as … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker Andrew Turner
This week we have the Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Christchurch City Council Finance Committee, Andrew Turner. Andrew will speak about the Long-Term Plan which is out for submissions right now. Bring along your questions. Mine would start with why has an agency which has not performed, … [Read more...]
The Government’s proposed water reforms
This is a topic which we should all become informed on. Last week I wrote about my being really impressed with an interview by Nanaia Mahuta by Kathryn Ryan on RNZ. Unfortunately, I copied a link which ended at a dead end for people and a number of you wrote to me pointing it out. Thanks to … [Read more...]
They’re out there polling folks
As I sat typing these notes, we received a phone call on our land line. It was a political poll. A local political poll. It was obviously somebody testing what people think about potential Mayoral candidates for next election. The names polled were Sara Templeton, Andrew Turner, Jake McLellan, Phil … [Read more...]
Analysing the new CCC management structure and appointees
In the Tuesday Club notes last week we reprinted the email informing what the new corporate structure will look like at CCC and who the new appointees were. Here is the new structure for Christchurch City Council: Of concern is that Dawn Baxendale has 8 direct reports. That is way too … [Read more...]
Scott Base is being rebuilt and it’s a big challenge for our City leaders
If there’s one thing which differentiates Christchurch from the rest of New Zealand it’s the cities link to Antarctica. Right now, we have another opportunity to demonstrate how this City is behind this important scientific outpost. Scott Base, which was established by Sir Edmund Hilary in 1957, is … [Read more...]
Water March 2021
One organisation which has been corporatized has been Watercare in Auckland. This giant CCO has its own Board and massively paid senior staff. In my opinion this is precisely what a number of people pushing for the reforms in water have in mind. High paid jobs and away from elected Councillors and … [Read more...]
A warning to Local Government about how lobbyists work, and a need for us to watch WaterNZ
I do worry that the same thing of “big money, underhand PR and defamatory blogs” as written in the last article could be used to undermine Local Government. With the media obsessed with “click bait”, and newsrooms understaffed, the PR industry is having a field day. I do worry about how … [Read more...]
Changes at CCC executive team
Here is a copy of the email which Dawn Baxendale sent about the new positions at CCC on Friday afternoon: I am advising you that we are implementing a new Executive Leadership Team and Group Structure at the Council from next Monday 8 March. I am introducing this change because as a … [Read more...]
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