I was overjoyed when Newsroom recently reported when Lianne Dalziel was speaking on behalf of Christchurch City Council and she commented about Central Government water reforms: “She supported the vision to improve New Zealand's water infrastructure, in principle, but her council was also leaning … [Read more...]
Garry writes 22 June 2021
For a minute just sit and ask yourself the question” when Central Government took over Christchurch post-earthquakes, did they ever listen to us as a community, or was it command and control?” I am worried about how Central Government has “restructuring” Local Government as a goal. Why is Local … [Read more...]
Well done CCC Engagement team
Whether you agree with the decision, or not, the feedback from the CCC engagement team on the Representation Review came into my in box this week and was informative and helpful. Here’s what it said: Thank you again for making a submission in the Representation Review Initial Proposal and to … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 15 June 2021
In a recent article in Stuff Andrea Vance lamented the closed shop which this Government has been with information. Here’s what she wrote early in the article: This year, I have made more complaints to the Ombudsman than in any previous year. So far, every one has been upheld. In my 20-year … [Read more...]
A local government warning
I worked with the then Mayor of Tauranga, Stuart Crosby, and I always said that the City I would least like to be Mayor of was Tauranga. It’s full of retirees. Many of them successful (in the money sense) business people. They had a number of failings. One was they had too much time to focus on cost … [Read more...]
The CCC External Advisory Group:
In last week’s Tuesday Club notes I covered the fact that the Mayor and Councillors had engaged 5 of us to undertake a review of CCC’s finances. It was called the “Mayor’s Independent External Advisory Group” (EAG). The EAG followed their brief to the letter. At no stage did we stray outside what … [Read more...]
Council owned businesses: it’s time elected reps and Board members started to perform and to behave properly
This might make me sound like the old geezer in the back garden, but it’s time for a lecture to both the elected reps on CCC and the Board and staff of CCHL CCHL was created at a time when neo-liberal economics was top of the heap. The Business Roundtable was sweeping through NZ gobbling up … [Read more...]
It’s time to expect much more from our Economic Development Agency
In the article below Stuff’s Dileepa Fonseka has written a really good summary of how the Cities will be the growth drivers of our economy. As somebody who has been totally committed to this important area for decades I agree with his writing. However, one part of the article worried me. He … [Read more...]
Democracy Matters – make a submission to CCC Representation Review
The Representation Review: Residents Deserve More Choice. – Crs Mike Davidson and Sara Templeton Rosemary also suggests we ask CCC to hold a poll on moving to STV voting system. Many other councils have done this, and Submissions due by 16 May submit here. Kia ora koutou. It’s not in the … [Read more...]
Review of Local Government
The Government has done its best to garrot Local Government and has now announced that they intend reviewing the role and function of Local Government. This review is not before time as the last time a review was undertaken was in 2002, again by a Labour Government. The Terms of Reference are … [Read more...]
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