About the opposite to leadership at the time of this international crisis is that of Donald Trump. If you haven’t seen this piece then do watch it. A journalist asked a patsy question which if he had answered it properly would have given the President a chance to look like a leader. Instead he was … [Read more...]
In Conclusion
COVID-19 happenings
Leaders will be assessed by how they have reacted in trying situations. Our current prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has had more than her fair share of opportunities to prove herself: getting enough votes to become prime minister just seven weeks from taking over the Labour Party leadership; her … [Read more...]
Last Week Kevin Hague
Thanks to Kevin Hague from Forest and Bird for his talk last week on Putting Nature First when we vote - listen to him here … [Read more...]
This Weeks Speaker – Jim Bradley
Jim is a Senior Consultant- Environmental & Public Health Engineer, Stantec New Zealand. One of our regular Tuesday Group members Rod Cameron has arranged for Jim to speak Jim will be joining us on ZOOM - some of us will be at Smash Palace, and others are welcome to join us on Zoom - … [Read more...]
Submissions to CCC and ECan Plans
As Kevin Hague reminded us last week - it is really important to make submissions to annual plans, even if they are simple ones like We need to do more to protect and enhance our biodiversity, to cut our emissions and to prepare for the effects of climate change on our environment and on our … [Read more...]
COVID-19 hygiene advice
The most important way to stop COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) from spreading is to follow some basic hygiene advice: hand hygiene – wash regularly and for at least 30 seconds (the jury is still out on hand sanitiser although as of 15 March, this is still listed as an option on the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]
Zone 0
At the Transportation Conference, I presented on "Zone 0", the proposal to make buses free within the Four Avenues for Metrocard holders. This caused quite some debate, with a lot of one-on-one follow up. My peers can see that this makes a lot more sense than reinstating the Shuttle. Zone 0 … [Read more...]
Axel writes 17 March 2020
Garry's away; Axel's having a crack at putting a newsletter together This week, we had the 2020 Transportation Conference in Christchurch. It's the premier event for the industry and it's been going for a few decades. A good 200 people came together for a three-day gathering in our town hall. The … [Read more...]
Pumped hydro
Guest post by Brendon Harré. Something that I have been following for a while now is pumped hydro. The idea is to build high altitude storage lakes so that water can be pumped up to them when there is a surplus of generation capacity and electricity prices are low. Then when electricity is in … [Read more...]
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