I have always been a big supporter of large-scale immigration. Like many people I have wondered how a decent man like Chris Faa’foi, the son of immigrants, appears to be procrastinating over immigration matters. I like Chris but his uncharacteristic diffidence has made me wonder what the matter with … [Read more...]
Progress report on the Christchurch arena:
COVID and Perceived Loss of Freedom
I have a good friend who is an amazing woman working for Pacifica in South Auckland. I ring her from time to time to remind her that she is not on her own. This community have borne the brunt of Covid 19 in Auckland. It is a real worry what the TV article on the attached link states. How hard it was … [Read more...]
Health Matters
1. DHB New Structures Ian Powell wrote this week: In the middle of a pandemic, the government is dismantling its structures (DHBs) responsible for ensuring the provision of hospital and community health services. Destabilising a system in a pandemic is madness. It is close to criminally … [Read more...]
Limits to Growth workshop
You are invited to join an important public workshop hosted by the School of Government, Victoria University: Are there biophysical limits to growth?If so, how should public policy respond?” Economic growth has become culturally, politically and institutionally engrained at a global scale. … [Read more...]
Christchurch as a National Park City
Colin Meurk and Hayley Guglietta have successfully lobbied for public support for Christchurch to be declared a “National Park”. This is a great move, and the Press has got in behind the move. The Press coverage last weekend was fantastic. The supplement in Saturday’s Press was well done. Show … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 14 Sept 2021
Garry writes 7 Sept 2021
We had a bumper turnout for the proposed Water reforms zoom session. People kept coming and going but I reckon that we had about 126+ people on the call. At the end there were over 100 people still participating. Before we discuss the meeting, the Christchurch City Council is consulting over the … [Read more...]
The complexity of handling Covid:
It has been interesting to observe how different people cope with directions from Governments. I’m somebody who normally resists being told anything is compulsory, but I reckon the Government has got the Covid19 thing about spot on. The article from the Guardian below was quite sad. It was about … [Read more...]
More observations on the CDHB:
The data which we produced in the last Tuesday Club notes about the miserable failure of CDHB’s Board of containing costs produced some interesting responses this … [Read more...]
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