I also received this from Rex Gibson, who, I think, might be challenging my writing. However, I will discuss this with him in person. He will probably give me lines… The Washington Post's Style Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or … [Read more...]
Abbas Nazari
Regular attendees to the Tuesday Club will remember the young man, Abbas Nazari, speaking to us immediately after the Mosque murders. He arrived in New Zealand as a refugee from Afghanistan. He was 6 when he arrived with the group which had been picked up off the coast of Australia by the ship the … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 26 May 2020
Garry 19 May 2020
Hasn’t this week been amazing. Instead of travelling overseas to catch up with old friends and family, this time we have just had to hop on our bikes and achieve the same thing. In our own City. It’s been so exciting, and scary. The lock-down gave me a chance to have a big think. The main doubt … [Read more...]
Last week: Joanna Norris
Last week we had a talk by Joanna Norris, CEO of ChristchurchNZ, the economic development agency for Christchurch. It was interesting to hear what this important agency is doing, and what their plans are for the future. I was encouraged to hear Joanna being so open to ideas; and her not taking a … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker, Gary Freedman:
Continuing our consideration of what are the new ideas. Where are the new opportunities? This week we have an American, who has brought his skills to New Zealand to utilise the great engineering mecca this City really takes for granted. Gary Freedman wrote this to me recently: This country has … [Read more...]
A theme of ’Bringing New Zealand to you’.
I just loved this idea by Geoff Ross, a South Island farmer and Executive chair of the Moa group. Geoff is advocating how we all can connect to the world. Each one of us. We can become the promoters of our lifestyle and our products. We, each of us, can become NZ’s salespeople to the world. … [Read more...]
Our Media
Gavin Ellis is a wise public commentator on the media. Recently he wrote this column in Newsroom As I have noted many times, why doesn’t the Government to tax the hell out of Facebook and Google who are garrotting our media by removing their advertising revenue? Why isn’t there a tax on … [Read more...]
Comments from a valuer who read last week’s notes about Central City bars:
I agree about your comments on bars on the strip. Like many business post-Covid the economics of the model just don’t work. Retail/office and to a lesser extent industrial premise rent/values are in for a huge shake up. We had a friend who won the prestigious retail shop of the year around 7 – 8 … [Read more...]
Pubs:
We were delighted when we found that on Thursday this week, we will be able to open Smash Palace. It has been a challenging time for us all and, we hope an outdoor bar, even in winter, will attract customers and we can start paying our expenses again. We have been saved by the Government’s … [Read more...]
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