1. A housing debate in Wellington This week there was a debate in Wellington hosted by Rev Charles Waldegrave. The two speakers were the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and economist Shamubeel Eaqub. Here is a link to the debate. Note how many times Grant Robertson nodded as Shamubeel … [Read more...]
Proposed Water reforms a series of articles by City Councillors
Last week I sent out Deputy Mayor, Andrew Turner’s questions about the proposed Water Reforms. I asked other Councillors for their opinions and here is a response from three more City Councillors. This topic is one which we will consider in great depth over the next few months. It’s another topic … [Read more...]
Ng Building gains support of Civic and Heritage Trusts
MEDIA STATEMENT ON THE NEED TO RETAIN THE THREATENED NG BUILDING From: Christchurch Civic Trust and Historic Places Canterbury. 1. The Christchurch Civic Trust (“CCT”) and Historic Places Canterbury (“HPC”) strongly support the retention of the historic NG building, 212 Madras St. “Our primary … [Read more...]
Public meeting on Wednesday evening on water consents:
A public meeting has been called to discuss the water consents process through Mayfield-Hinds-Valetta, and the precedents that may be set. Bring Back Clean Water: Canterbury Nitrate Pollution and our futureWed 7 April 7pm at Aurora Centre cnr Memorial Ave and Greers Road Burnside The … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 6 April 2021
Garry writes 28 March 2021
I have long advocated that political parties should stop beating each other up over housing and instead create a collaborative framework for them all to work within. It was therefore delightful to read the article Peter Beck sent to me recently where the Churchtimes in the UK reported on the … [Read more...]
Last week – Cynthia Roberts on Rod Donald Trust
Last week Cynthia Roberts gave an excellent presentation on the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust. This Trust has exceeded the hopes of those who established it and is supporting major environmental initiatives on Banks Peninsula. Reminder to support the $3million towards this trust in the CCC long … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker Andrew Turner
This week we have the Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Christchurch City Council Finance Committee, Andrew Turner. Andrew will speak about the Long-Term Plan which is out for submissions right now. Bring along your questions. Mine would start with why has an agency which has not performed, … [Read more...]
Toby Morris’ cartoon which demonstrates the “K” shaped economy we have
New Zealand is fortunate to have a superb cartoonist in Toby Morris. This week in the Spinoff they published Toby’s analysis of the economic “recovery” in cartoon. I found this illuminating and I hope you do as well. … [Read more...]
The Government’s proposed water reforms
This is a topic which we should all become informed on. Last week I wrote about my being really impressed with an interview by Nanaia Mahuta by Kathryn Ryan on RNZ. Unfortunately, I copied a link which ended at a dead end for people and a number of you wrote to me pointing it out. Thanks to … [Read more...]
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