Are we truly committed to democratic representation around the Council table? Many seem to want more of ‘their’ people around that table. Is this the same as representation? Concerns about water quality and the environment were obvious in ECan voting in this election, mostly in … [Read more...]
Why Politicians and Activists Need each other
Rosemary Neave writes: Garry Moore has often said politics is the art of being able to count to 50%+1. If we have a democratically representative Council or Government, then it is unlikely all will agree. Mostly politicians are forced to make small steps rather than take giant leaps, … [Read more...]
Gary remembers Lesley Keast
Lesley was my Deputy Mayor for two terms. Lesley came from a life where she had been a solo mother when they weren’t treated with much respect, nor were they assisted greatly financially. Lesley brought up her two children and managed financially by working various part time jobs. She became … [Read more...]
“Old dungers” and Wikipedia
Let’s have a Wikipedia workshop on heritage buildings... If you’d like to know how editing Wikipedia works, this will be for you. And if you have an interest in heritage, that’s better still. A few of us knowledgeable Wikipedians will get together to show newbies the ropes, ably assisted by … [Read more...]
Last week’s speakers
There were no questions at the end of the words of Gamal Tony Green and Claire Phillips as they offered some perspectives on the tragic events of 15 March, and how other people around the world saw how New Zealanders responded. They invited us “to see ourselves as others see us”. The response to … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker Steffan Kraberger
This week’s speaker is Steffan Kraberger, a landscape architect with a design and build company based in Christchurch working with “deeply site-based landscapes” (we’ll let Steffan explain what that means). He completed a thesis titled ‘Port Hills Spatial Planning for Wildfire management’ in … [Read more...]
McLean’s Mansion
Another one of those ‘old dungas’ is McLean's Mansion. I find it amazing how many people aren’t aware of the place, it being reasonably central (just south of Bealey Ave) and having not one, but two street frontages (Colombo and Manchester streets). But it’s a wee way back from Colombo, and the main … [Read more...]
Uber bike route alerts
One of the most common types of urban cycle crashes is people getting doored, as in somebody opens their car door carelessly into the path of a person cycling along. When people get thrown into traffic as a result, they may die as a consequence of getting run over. Regular Tuesday Club attendee … [Read more...]
New wind farm in Palmy
The Turitea wind farm near Palmerston North was in the news this week for its groundbreaking ceremony. Mercury is doing the project, with $256 million being invested in stage 1 to build 33 turbines. They have consent for 60 turbines at this site and expect to generate 470 gigawatt hours (GWh) per … [Read more...]
Dutch embassy going car-free
Mira Woldberg is the Netherlands’ Ambassador to New Zealand. She made a stunning announcement earlier this week. As their contribution to reducing emissions and traffic congestion, they will dispose of their embassy car. From now on, local travel within Wellington will be done by e-bike. That’s … [Read more...]
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