Firstly, a Minister stands up against the Māori Caucus: It was fascinating to see that David Parker, according to Fran O’Sullivan in NZ Herald on Saturday wrote: Environment Minister David Parker has revealed he came under “strong pressure” to ensure New Zealand’s new planning … [Read more...]
CDHB – Oh the Irony
I was searching for some information relating to the current health reforms underway in New Zealand and ended up on the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury (formally the Canterbury District Health Board). What came up on this website was the following dated 19/09/2022 … [Read more...]
Two Former Refugees who have succeeded back in their home countries
Patrick O’Connor wrote about the achievements and current work of two former Otautahi residents, who are both Somali/Aotearoa dual citizens. HASSAN HAJI IBRAHIM Hassan was sufficiently respected by then Mayor Garry Moore ( 2001 ) to be commissioned on a 6mth project, with myself as volunteer … [Read more...]
Housing as a Human Right
This is the first notification about the public meeting with the Chief Human Rights Commissioner which will be held in Christchurch on 12 December at 7pm at the Transitional Cathedral. Next week I will write an article on Housing. … [Read more...]
Should 16 year olds be able to vote
I am a big supporter of 16-year-olds being able to vote. If they can get married, assumably then officially able to have children, and we can send them off to war, then they should also be able to vote. Sign the Green Party Petition to Makeit16 The education system should have a section … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 29 November
A Citizen in Christchurch
A few weeks ago we had the legendary community organiser Vivian Hutchinson at Tuesday Club. Here is his reflection on the visit: Read article in full here I'M A VISITOR from Taranaki, and I suppose I am here because Garry Moore and I have worked together on many projects over the years. … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 22 November
Unfortunately, our speaker was unable to attend this week. So, no meeting this week. However, we have a good list of speakers until we stop for the Christmas/ New Year break. Including Eugenie Sage speaking about 3 Waters. 1. This week’s notes address the new mayor and his “tight” team around … [Read more...]
Phil Get’s Things done 22 Nov
This week we will consider the appointment of the party hack appointed to run the mayors’ life and return to the issues raised by the 3 “tight” councillors when they arranged a meeting with the CEO of CCC before the election (this is a seperate post). We have particularly focused on the potential … [Read more...]
Regaining Ratepayers Trust – The “tight” 3 meet the CEO of CCC
Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow TS Eliot, in his poem “The Hollow Men” Acknowledging Eliot’s “shadow” let us remember how the “tight” team had a meeting with the CEO before the election. It was set up by Jamie Gough who wrote at 11.11pm an email to the … [Read more...]
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