There were many articles written during the week. I thought I would reprint some of them. The first one I can’t remember where I read it! I agree with their final comments: With the Government’s Review into the Future for Local Government underway, now is a good time for New Zealanders to … [Read more...]

The government has badly read the tea leaves on the public reaction to their proposed water reforms. Having bombarded people with bullshit TV ads for months the public have seen right through them. It has been a massive waste of public funds. Last week a poll was published by the Taxpayers Union … [Read more...]

Duncan Webb this week replied to one of the Tuesday Club attendees and below are his comments and between each of the comments there are responses on whether he is correct, or not. His comments are in blue. The responses in red.  Before I start I must, again, question where … [Read more...]

A summary of what exactly is happening with 3 Waters was produced recently by RNZ. Here it is: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/452865/three-waters-what-you-need-to-know There are 67 local authorities in New Zealand. Seven (7) are supporting the proposed 3 Waters plan of the … [Read more...]

I was reading a book last night by my friend Vivian Hutchinson. It’s about active citizenship and its essence. The Tuesday Club is an example of us all being active in our community.  Vivian wrote that active citizenship is woken up when we start by answering three questions. They … [Read more...]

Over the past few weeks, I have participated with many councils as they deliberated over how to handle the Minister of Local Government’s intransigence.  The Minister had initially announced that she was leading a government consultative process with local … [Read more...]

Christchurch City Council is about to send a clear message to the Government:  The CCC report which is being considered by the Council on Monday morning is just excellent. Attached to the report is a fantastic letter (written by her personally) from Lianne Dalziel to Minister … [Read more...]

Former CEO of Christchurch City Council, Mike Richardson’s, comments on the proposed structure:  It seems that the most recent Government paper has very tenuous logic in reaching its conclusion that four agencies should be the preferred model. I believe the following comments are all appropriate … [Read more...]