Neoliberalism has got us into the present mess and it has no way of getting us out. Whether it is AI, Climate Change, Vaping, Uber, AirBnB, Tourism…. for nearly forty years we have said – let the market decide. The “Free Market” and the removal of regulation has not brought us to Nirvana, it has … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 29 November on inequality
This week we have Eugenie Sage, Green MP, to speak to us about the 3 Waters legislation. Eugenie was on the Select Committee which considered the Bill. Like most people concerned about the 3 Waters legislation I will be interested in Eugenie’s observations about the process and where she sees the … [Read more...]
Garry writes 29 March 2022
I remember sitting at a Labour Party conference in the 1980’s and hearing an old lady addressing the conference telling us all how delighted she was when Norm Kirk got the path to her clothesline of her state house concreted. Richard Prebble (remember he used to be a Labour MP) got up and completely … [Read more...]
This Week Raf Manji
Raf has spoken several times to the Tuesday Club during his time as a City Councillor in Christchurch. He has now moved onto the central government stage and is the new leader of The Opportunities Party (TOP). Raf has agreed to speak this week about his ideas about what needs to change in New … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker: Bernard Hickey
Last week we had a wonderful resume of just what happened to the economy after Covid 19 struck. The government, quite correctly, acted fast and implemented support systems to keep the economy operating. The unintended consequences of the support have resulted in a massive growing of the gap between … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Bernard Hickey
We were to have Bernard onsite, but Covid has seen to that. So, we are back to Zoom. Bernard was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan during the week in what was a marvelous interview … [Read more...]
Last Week Steven Moe
Last week we were back at Smash Palace. Our speaker, Steven Moe, gave us a talk on the myriad of topics. From his misspent youth with big corporates around the world to his jobs now working with impact driven entrepreneurs. In both the private and the community sectors. Watch the Session … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 7 December 2021
On Thursday evening our bar, Smash Palace, has motorbike night. It’s full of all sorts of people who ride motorbikes. It’s a sort of egalitarian mix of people, businesspeople, tradies, artists, employees from a vast array of places. Young and old. This week we had a spirited debate on the … [Read more...]
John Patterson found this in his reading this week:
From --- “A Strange Outcome” by John Roy-Wijciechowski New Zealand is not only a land of great physical beauty. It has developed a proud tradition as a caring and welcoming people. They are qualities bred by the sheer remoteness of the land from others – working together is as important as the … [Read more...]
Antarctica project by-passes Christchurch and we should hang our heads in shame
One wonderful event I attended as Mayor was the 100th anniversary of Scott’s last meal in Christchurch. It was held in the same room at Warners Hotel that his had been a century before. The menu was the same (I’d never had jugged hare before, nor since) and the speakers list was also … [Read more...]
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