Climate Change Complexities – are we up for them?
Rosemary Neave writes: Climate change keeps me awake at night. I am sure I am not the only one. How to bring about change in this area is one my main occupations (unpaid of course!). Solar Panels went up on our roof this week, we are down to one car and looking at changing that to … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker WeCare Health
I always love hearing somebody who has taken an old problem and applied new thinking to it. I remember John Patterson telling me this is the “ah ha” moment of appreciation of how good this idea really is. Well, I had my “ah ha” moment last week as Brian Ko spoke to us about WeCare Health. He and … [Read more...]
This week’s speakers Andrew Turner and Pauline Cotter
This week Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Councillor Pauline Cotter will speak about a Canterbury model which could be developed to address the 3 Waters challenge which central government has its own solution to. There is no challenging the issue that everybody in New Zealand deserves to have good … [Read more...]
3 Waters proposals – an orchestrated litany of lies
This week somebody said to me that the government’s 3 Water proposals should be linked to what happened to Māori after the Treaty of Waitangi. The Crown stole their land. Now it’s happening again. The Crown is stealing ratepayers’ property in the form of 3 Waters. It’s an ironic comparison. New … [Read more...]
Pacific People’s Trust
I’m a trustee of this trust. It’s a wonderful group of Pacific Island people with a clip-on token palagi. The focus of the trust is on youth employment, increased knowledge of financial matters and moving toward home ownership by members of the Pacific Island community. The first event for the … [Read more...]
John Patterson found this in his reading this week:
From --- “A Strange Outcome” by John Roy-Wijciechowski New Zealand is not only a land of great physical beauty. It has developed a proud tradition as a caring and welcoming people. They are qualities bred by the sheer remoteness of the land from others – working together is as important as the … [Read more...]
Liberal hypocrisy is fuelling American inequality…is that the case in New Zealand?
Here is a very challenging video produced by the New York Times showing how badly Democrat led states are really letting down the poor. As I watched this, I wondered about how well we are doing. … [Read more...]
HOUSING Intensification
The Christchurch City Council is objecting to the proposed 3 Storey as-of-right legislation which is currently being considered in parliament. This week the Press reported: The council was also concerned the changes would allow more homes to be built in areas that were not close to public … [Read more...]
The Wakefield legacy
I knew Susan and Jim Wakefield. They were generous benefactors to the city and active in business, accounting, art, and horse activities. I first met Susan when she led an exercise to have cast in bronze several leaders in this city. These were installed outside the Art Centre. I’m not sure where … [Read more...]
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