I refrained from commenting on the latest iteration on 3 Waters until I had reflected quietly on what changes the Government were proposing. I was also interested in what commentator’s thoughts were on the restructured 3 Waters plan. From what was written on many sites it’s easy to jump to the … [Read more...]
National Party steps Backward on Farming
I know I’m not voting for Labour next election, and that I’ve never voted National. But now I have an even better reason for continuing my “never-vote-for-National” stance. I was appalled to read their latest farming policy. My comments are in brackets: ‘Getting back to farming’ - This … [Read more...]
Everything is local – Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Dalziel is writing superbly on a range of topics in Newsroom ... In an article in Newsroom last week there’s lots of lessons for both bureaucracies and elected reps. It emphasises the “local”. I spoke to a former elected rep from Auckland, and they talked about their Council’s knowledge … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 2 May 2023
Public housing appears to be on the slide: … [Read more...]
Huihui Mai – submissions please
Last week James and Tracy shared about future Transport options for Great Christchurch - You can make a submission here Find out more about HuiHui Mai here … [Read more...]
Replacing the ‘Big NO’ with an ‘institutional YES’ – the case for community participation in water structures.
Bruce White made this submission to the Water Entities Bill: I submit that the Water Services Entities Bill should be withdrawn and that all current Three Waters ‘Reform’ processes pause. The issues of Water Infrastructure should then be considered in a collaborative manner within the bounds of … [Read more...]
Submissions please
Bruce White on Local Government – are we willing to learn?
Bruce has done a great submission on The Future of Local Government, and the need to learn from our actions - the good and the bad.Proposed Recommendation; – ‘Learnings Reviews and Reports’: I submit that the Local Government Reform Proposals should include a Recommendation that the Local … [Read more...]
Auckland City leaves LGNZ
I served on LGNZ for, I think, 9 years. It seemed longer. I chaired the Metro Mayors. As a member of LGNZ board a group of 7 mayors started the “Mayors Taskforce for Jobs” which was a social goal of having no young person under 25 doing nothing. We wanted them to be either in training or at … [Read more...]
There’s no such thing as “too old” Alan Mark speaks up
I was inspired by an article in Newsroom this week about a well-retired scientist signing a petition objecting to the government’s backing down on environmental issues. The scientist is Sir Alan Mark and he is 90 years old. However, he wasn’t the oldest signatory. That was one of my big heroes Sir … [Read more...]
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