Local government continues to organise behind the scenes. Last week’s talk by the deputy mayor to the Tuesday Club was another example of how locals are thinking about new ways of delivering water. One issue which will assist the 3 Waters campaign is that the poll numbers are drawing the political … [Read more...]
PR spin is driving public discourse
I often read articles in the Press and smile. Again, a journalist has taken a PR feed from either CCC, Ecan, CDHB or Otakaro and printed it in the Press. Word for word. No analysis. No checking for alternative opinions. The garrotting of local media by Facebook and Google has meant that there are … [Read more...]
CDHB announces their budget is approved by MOH
While I am writing about PR spin, I found it entertaining this week when the CDHB announced that they had received approval from the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Health for their latest budget. Here’s what was reported in the Press: Canterbury District Health Board’s … [Read more...]
Article on the ethics of mandates for Covid19 vaccinations
There have been many debates about the pros and cons of mandating groups of workers to require them to become vaccinated. I am 100% on side with the government in supporting mandating. However, there continues to be resistance from some people often using personal liberty arguments against it. I … [Read more...]
In Conclusion
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...]
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