Recently Guyan Espiner, a son of our City, produced a programme which discussed the allocation of Crown Prosecutor positions around New Zealand. Here’s what he wrote: Crown Law records, released to RNZ under the Official Information Act, show that in many centres the Crown Warrant has been with … [Read more...]
Local Government New Zealand have been hopeless on 3 Waters
I spent years on LGNZ. It was often depressing how compliant the executive was with the government. It was full of good people who were often not up to standing up to any government. A very small bunch of us wanted local government to be bolshie and … [Read more...]
Finally, one of the local Labour MP’s, Duncan Webb, responds regarding 3 Waters reforms
Duncan Webb this week replied to one of the Tuesday Club attendees and below are his comments and between each of the comments there are responses on whether he is correct, or not. His comments are in blue. The responses in red. Before I start I must, again, question where … [Read more...]
The futility of the DHB’s reforms, an article by Ian Powell
Last April Minister of Health made a major health system announcement comprising three central features to take effect in July next year. It confirmed the establishment of the Maori Health Authority as proposed by the Heather Simpson convened review of the health and disability system but with … [Read more...]
I still hate cats and so do others
I had a reply to my missive on cats last week by Marcus who wrote: As to the cat issue- it is long overdue to have owners take responsibility or suffer the consequences. Living in Little River at the old bird sanctuary, we have an obligation to protect the bird life - and … [Read more...]
Debate over housing and golf links…
This discussion also continued. This time it was responding to Chris Kissling’s comments about the need for us to build on the hills surrounding Lyttleton Harbour. Chris received this response Chris, the residents of the northern slopes of the harbour are quite happy with a low population … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 19 Oct 2021
Pam Ayres on Covid I’m normally a social girl - I love to meet my mates But lately with the virus here we can’t go out the gates. You see, we are the ‘oldies’ now - We need to stay inside If they haven’t seen us for a while - They’ll think we’ve upped and died. They’ll never know the … [Read more...]
This week’s speakers: June and Ian Burney
Their talk is titled “A new approach to tackling the problem of climate change" Christchurch husband and wife team June and Ian Burney have developed a unique new approach to tackle climate change and to teach this to our children. It is based on the mantra that it's only by investing in the … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 12 October 2021
I have received a series of challenging emails about the government from people who read the Tuesday Club notes. Many people are concerned that we have an over-committed government with too many irons in the fire. They made me think about what is being considered by government right now. Rod … [Read more...]
Last Week – The Red Zone
Joe Bennett this week described something as being “dense with potential”. I loved this as it reflected what the Red Zone reflects for our city. So, last week we had Lianne Dalziel and Te Maire Tau present to the Tuesday Club on what the next steps are to put in place the management structures … [Read more...]
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