Last week we had Dr Louise Tapper and Adjunct Assoc Prof Rosemary Du Plessis Speaking about their research project Making the most of now: Young women’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Oral history is important, and it was interesting to hear that this research has been added to … [Read more...]
The stadium decision last week was just straight dumb
I know I’ll be unpopular criticising the Council decision to make a public facility larger last week. I feel the same about the crazy decision about expanding the size of the multi-purpose arena as I did about the size of Te Pae, the Convention Centre. It’s all about scale. Te Pae is way too big for … [Read more...]
How has the CDHB performed financially and how is it responding to staff feedback?
With the CDHB financial year finishing on 30 June 2021, we at the Tuesday Club are waiting with breath-holding-anticipation to see how the DHB actually performed against budget. As previously covered, the Board / Crown monitor reluctantly supported the proposed budget put forward by the then … [Read more...]
Ta Mark Solomon comments on MOH and Treasury
Last weekend Mark commented very forcefully on Q & A about how shifty he found MOH and Treasury to be when he was acting Chair of the CDHB. His views were held so strongly the Government were not prepared to re-appoint him to the Board. Mark supported the position of the executive led by … [Read more...]
Ian Powell’s latest article
Business desk has published an excellent article by Ian Powell yesterday on the health reforms. Under the headline Why it's risky to get rid of DHBs the article included: There are two ways to make sustainable, transformational changes in universal public health systems – structural change or … [Read more...]
The Pacific Island apology now requires us to reflect on additional responsibilities that we have as a country
In the Economist recently there was an article on the challenges facing the Pacific with Global Warming. The much needed, and probably too late, recent apology was a very small element of a much bigger and complex challenge to all of us living in the Pacific. The article included the following … [Read more...]
IPCC Report – how do we respond?
We are keen to encourage Tuesday Club readers to write articles on what we should be focusing on in Christchurch in response to the IPCC report. We need to find speakers who will speak about what we need to do. Please send us your suggestions. In the Guardian there was an article about the … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 18 August 2021
Garry Writes on water, again
Slowly it’s starting to be realized by people that the soft soaping by the Government advertising how they have a plan for water isn’t the real story. We’re organizing a public meeting on water: We have decided that it's important that ordinary voters have a chance to hear from a group of … [Read more...]
Aotearoa Water Action need our financial assistance
Kia ora wonderful tap water drinkers! You have all called for a moratorium on new water bottling consents and an independant Inquiry into the potential impacts of the water bottling industry in New Zealand. It's been a long time coming but we are about to deliver our PUSH PAUSE petition to … [Read more...]
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