Ian Powell has written a glowing article about how effective Dr Verrall has been already with moving the responsibility for fluoridation from Local Authorities to the Director general of Health. After looking closely at the CDHB debacle I now question the effectiveness of the DG of Health, Ashley … [Read more...]
Electric cars: a Global Warming issue being driven by capitalism
Everybody has a role to play with Global Warming. However I am concerned about capitalism driving the transport solutions to Global Warming. In the past week I have read about two vehicle makers pushing the “fast forward” button with electric vehicle manufacturing. First it was Ford and now … [Read more...]
Returning to the Ng building debate
The Press carried an excellent article on the shifting of the Ng building last week. In the article it was stated: Stadium architects Populous, a global engineering firm that has designed over 1300 stadiums, developed a baseline concept for Christchurch’s new stadium in 2019 as part of the … [Read more...]
Local representation review
Every few years Local Government is required to undertake a review of the number of people around the Council table. This is required by law. One Councillor, has advocated halving the number of Councillors. This demonstrated a complete lack of understanding about how Councillor fees are set. The … [Read more...]
The Wizard and Alice
Around 44 years ago Pam and I got married. We had to get married early in the morning as the Priest who was to marry us, Jim Consedine, had to go to a demonstration in Wellington. At the wedding function the Wizard and Alice were guests. I don’t think Alice was his fiancé then. The Wizard cast a … [Read more...]
Here’s a really bad example of exploitation of low paid workers by a social service agency
It is excellent when any Government passes legislation in support of low paid workers. However, what also needs to happen is the Government then needs to allocate additional funds to pay for these extra wages. I wonder if this happened with these low paid health workers. Consider this scenario. … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 30 March 2021
A combined barbecue and beer cooler! This, surely, is Aussie engineering at its very best. When you’re finished barbecuing and the ice has melted, just pull the handle and the fire goes out. Is this a great country or what? … [Read more...]
Last week’s speakers – Urban Planning
Last week the two speakers complemented each other really well. Lee Beatie is an urban designer and Ian Munro is a planner. They had a well thought out presentation which they intended to work through. The audience had other opinions however, and part way into their talk the first question emerged … [Read more...]
This Week – Rod Donald Trust
Moves are afoot to buy these iconic maunga overlooking Whakaraupo - find out how you can be part of this land becoming a conservation park on our doorstep - Te Ahu Patiki. This week’s speaker is Cynthia Roberts, a Trustee of the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust. The Trust was established by … [Read more...]
They’re out there polling folks
As I sat typing these notes, we received a phone call on our land line. It was a political poll. A local political poll. It was obviously somebody testing what people think about potential Mayoral candidates for next election. The names polled were Sara Templeton, Andrew Turner, Jake McLellan, Phil … [Read more...]
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