A commission was appointed, after 3 Waters and Resource Management reforms had been announced, to review local government. It’s a cart before the horse exercise but there are good people on the review panel. The members appointed for two years are: Jim Palmer (chair), Penny Hulse, Gael … [Read more...]
Local Government New Zealand have been hopeless on 3 Waters
I spent years on LGNZ. It was often depressing how compliant the executive was with the government. It was full of good people who were often not up to standing up to any government. A very small bunch of us wanted local government to be bolshie and … [Read more...]
What’s the Council on about? How dare you take the Wizard’s stipend away from him. He’s ours not yours
Some weeks ago I missed an event which was an anniversary of something I was deeply involved with when I was mayor. The fact I was not invited was neither here nor there. I knew that lots of people, inside and outside the council, had played a large part in the creation of what was being celebrated … [Read more...]
Are Golf Courses really a good use of urban space?
The matter of housing and golf courses, which I questioned the number of ones we have last week, encouraged at least three really interesting answers,mostly disagreeing with me! Here they are: 1. From Chris Kissling: Golf courses are open space. They contribute to welfare and wellbeing, the … [Read more...]
Newly elected Councillor Celeste Donovan in the East sends a message:
Congratulations to the newly elected Councillor Celeste Donovan. It was an interesting election, notable that Phil Mauger convinced a mate to stand and then changed his mind and supported another. Neither of them were elected. Sadly again a very low voter turnout as is common in local elections … [Read more...]
“3 Waters” proposed reforms, activity since the last Tuesday Club notes
The Tuesday Club has orchestrated the bringing together of Council’s around NZ to discuss the proposed 3 Waters legislation. We operated behind the scenes. No fuss. No bother. We just rang people and got them talking to each other. It’s ironic that we did this as volunteers performing the role which … [Read more...]
Does the CCC application for infrastructure funding complicate the rejection of the 3 Waters proposal?
When I read the article in Stuff this week about CCC applying for funding to assist infrastructure funding to open three key sites I was nervous. The Council will, quite correctly, reject the Government’s 3 Waters proposed reforms. To hold their hands out saying that they need financial support to … [Read more...]
Garry muses on Three Waters…
The next Tuesday Club session will be on the 10th of August. Not this week. It’s been a month since writing the Tuesday Club notes. It has been a time to reflect and to read. I have become increasingly concerned about the proposed “restructure” of our water systems by Central Government. In my … [Read more...]
The multi-use arena:
There’s a political campaign in place, by a small group, to put more seats at the multi-use arena. I thought I would give my experiences of going through the paces of building an arena. Christchurch has had the experience, and heartbreak, of building a new arena in the past few years. We built … [Read more...]
Living wage vote
I received this from Nathaniel Herz-Edinger Christchurch Organizer of Living Wage Movement Aotearoa who spoke to our last Tuesday Club meeting. Nathaniel wrote: On Thursday, 12 August, the council will vote on Living Wage accreditation. If successful, all our cleaners, security guards, and … [Read more...]
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