At the start of the session last week my old mate, Ken McAnergney, asked if he could have a minute to speak. I agreed as he had to leave early to feed some poor souls some mutton birds at home. I hope they lived to tell the tale. Ken’s address to those present was a chance for him to berate … [Read more...]
Water Review by Auditor General
It was interesting to read of the Auditor General’s report on water which was released this week. His observation is that the water sector is a mess. Local authorities have differing standards. Central Government is all over the place on the matter. Essentially the Auditor General said that it’s a … [Read more...]
Is it time to review the management of water services in Canterbury:
It was interesting in Jim Lunday’s address last week that he was promoting the management of water from the mountains to the sea. That seemed incredibly sensible. His argument that water does not differentiate where it flows, despite the artificial structures we have put in place to supposedly … [Read more...]
It’s time for a serious conversation to address housing as essential infrastructure:
I chair the CEO and Sector Leaders Forum for Community Housing providers. I have had serious conversations with providers from across this country on how shallow the debate has been on housing. Bernard Hickey, of Newsroom, is promoting housing being lifted from shallow political debate, just … [Read more...]
More on Transport…
When we had the talk by Liz Yeaman (by the way an apology for spelling Liz’s name incorrectly last week) there were interesting comments from the floor about electric cars and bikes. One comment came from Gordon Macadam about new ways of addressing transport. Gordon has been thinking since the … [Read more...]
Event: Climate Change: Food, Education and Wellbeing. Saturday 7 March
The Observatory cordially invites you to the above free public event, koha welcome. Please feel free to circulate/pass this invitation to others whom you feel might be interested, attached is a poster should you wish to use it. The event begins at 6pm, but seated by 5:50 please. 111 Seaview … [Read more...]
A few links for you…
Review of last year’s Local Body election: There is a Parliamentary enquiry into the last Local Body election. We encourage people to read this document and to make a submission before the end of February - even a short submission is good. Very few people know about … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 25 Feb 2020
I’ve decided I can live with our potholes when I look at this photo. Was this a job undertaken by Maugers, Phil? … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 18 Feb 2020
On Friday it was 40 years since I staggered, in a dazed state, out of Christchurch Women’s Hospital having witnessed a wondrous event in our extending family’s life. Our son, Johnny, had been born. As I emerged into the daylight, into a world which didn’t realise what a significant event had … [Read more...]
Last week Liz Yeaman on Electric Transport
We started the year with a ripper of a presentation by Liz Yeaman about electric buses. Liz spoke for her entire address without notes and relied only on her overheads, which were excellent. Here is the video of her address https://youtu.be/MBwsz0YDtwI thanks to Aaron Campbell. This address … [Read more...]
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