I ride an electric bike. So, I’m part of the problem of exacerbating the demand for batteries. I wrote recently about the human and environmental challenges of seeing battery technology as being the single solution. When vehicles were in their infancy at the start of last century oil was seen as … [Read more...]
We’re importing coal as we lay off miners on the West Coast
I sat with two friends last week discussing issues about our economy and South Island politics in general. One said “why doesn’t the Government ban coal usage by a certain date, and, until that date continues to mine in New Zealand”. I hadn’t realised that we were importing coal. But here are some … [Read more...]
Well done CCC Engagement team
Whether you agree with the decision, or not, the feedback from the CCC engagement team on the Representation Review came into my in box this week and was informative and helpful. Here’s what it said: Thank you again for making a submission in the Representation Review Initial Proposal and to … [Read more...]
We have to take a real interest in the Official Information Act and how it is distorted by our bureaucracies
Last week I wrote that I actually have the complete EAG document which was supplied to the elected Council. I also have the redacted copy obtained under the OIA. Much of what has been redacted were fundamental elements of our report. Many parts of our report, which would have achieved either … [Read more...]
Will we experience the end of Malls?
In Newsroom this week was this article: Mall owner Washington Prime Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying the "COVID-19 pandemic proved insurmountable." Our thought bubble, via Axios' Aja Whitaker-Moore: Malls have been on the decline for years due to consumer demand … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 22 June 2021
Is this photo between the leader of America’s Cup in New Zealand and the Prime Minister displaying the sort of behaviour which has caused so many of us to turn off the America’s Cup? When we have a crisis in housing, spending $100m on a group which is ungrateful for what they have been offered … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 15 June 2021
In a recent article in Stuff Andrea Vance lamented the closed shop which this Government has been with information. Here’s what she wrote early in the article: This year, I have made more complaints to the Ombudsman than in any previous year. So far, every one has been upheld. In my 20-year … [Read more...]
Last Week Philip Aldridge and Emerging Health Tech Hub
We had a wonderful address by that master of the understatement (it must be the water in the UK) Philip Aldridge about the Arts Centre. If the CCC does the right thing in the LTP decision making and allocates funding for the Arts Centre then the administration and Board can focus on a wonderful long … [Read more...]
This weeks Speaker Melanie Brooks on water
This week we return to considering water, and the water reforms being imposed on the country by Central Government. One of the areas that comes in for discussion are irrigation schemes. This week we have invited Melanie Brooks who is CE of MHV water a cooperative irrigation scheme. Melanie will … [Read more...]
The new Public Service Act demonstrates what is being expected of Government Departments
We must get Roger Dennis to speak to the Tuesday Club. Roger in a co-authored article with Wendy McGuinness and David Skilling, recently about how Government Departments have to report on long term trends to comply with the Public Service Act 2020. The article starts with this paragraph: The … [Read more...]
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