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...]
What is the Future of Business?
Steven Moe is a Christchurch based lawyer who has this week released a book of essays on the future of business and he has 5 copies to give away to interested members of The Tuesday Club. The only catch is you must not let the book just sit on a shelf, after reading it needs to be gifted on to … [Read more...]
Limits to Growth workshop
You are invited to join an important public workshop hosted by the School of Government, Victoria University: Are there biophysical limits to growth?If so, how should public policy respond?” Economic growth has become culturally, politically and institutionally engrained at a global scale. … [Read more...]
Living wage vote
I received this from Nathaniel Herz-Edinger Christchurch Organizer of Living Wage Movement Aotearoa who spoke to our last Tuesday Club meeting. Nathaniel wrote: On Thursday, 12 August, the council will vote on Living Wage accreditation. If successful, all our cleaners, security guards, and … [Read more...]
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