A friend sent me an article written in 1940 about an Irish bar in New York. It is beautifully written and the description of the old boys who frequented the bar leaps off the page. It’s full of descriptions like the bar being “10 elbows wide”. It is a wonderful article which should only be … [Read more...]
An update on Christchurch Cathedral:
Like most of us you are probably wondering what is happening to the Anglican Cathedral in the Square. I asked Ivan Thompson to write a few lines and here is what he wrote: Background One of the liveliest public debates post-earthquake centred on the future of the severely damaged Christ Church … [Read more...]
A response from Pauline Cotter on the Edgeware Plan:
I received this from Pauline Cotter, the Councillor for the Innes Ward. It is really impressive when a busy City Councillor is taking the time to watch the debates at the Tuesday Club on line and I thank her for her response. Here it is clarifying what was talked about a couple of weeks … [Read more...]
More thinking about banks from an international perspective:
It’s always interesting to see how the rest of the world is struggling with restarting their economies. We are not on our own and recently the Guardian considered the role of central banks and the function banks must play in the rebuild of our economies. In New Zealand our banks have a dreadful … [Read more...]
Hot water cylinder failure CCC accepts role:
In the Press this week there was this article https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/121765215/possibly-12000-christchurch-homeowners-have-hot-water-cylinders-fail It was the first time that CCC has admitted that chlorine contributed to the corrosion which has wrecked so many hot water … [Read more...]
A recently article George Conway wrote about Trump:
As you all know Kellyanne Conway is one of Trump’s media people. Here is an article written by her husband, George Conway III. As I read this it passed through my mind wondering what they discuss at … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 23 June 2020
This Week – we are Back at Smash Palace 5 for 5.30
Let's celebrate - those of you who are able - we are back at Smash Palace at 5pm for 5.30 start. No speaker - we are all the speakers: it is a chance to reflect on the sessions of the last three weeks and where to from here. We will be live on Facebook. Though that may not work too well this … [Read more...]
I love the way enterprise is supported in USA, why can’t we learn from them?
Here is the story of a serial entrepreneur who has been down on her knees several times. Each time she has scrambled up and survived, personally and financially. This time Covid 19 struck her business; she and two of her children contracted the disease and still she appears to have survived … [Read more...]
Public Private Partnerships were promoted as a panacea and they aren’t always:
Transmission Gully should perhaps be renamed “Transmission-to-what”. This project looks like it really is in trouble. It was imposed on NZTA by Steven Joyce when he was Minister of Everything. I was on NZTA when Minister Joyce was pushing the NZTA Board really hard to approve it. I enquired had … [Read more...]
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