"Everyone wants safe and clean drinking water, and a wastewater system that works", Manji said, noting that The Opportunities Party is supportive of the newly created water regulator, Taumata Arowai. "But, we are concerned about the financial structure of the proposed new water entities. The Prime … [Read more...]
Three Waters its seems is now Five Waters
The behaviour of the government toward any criticism of their proposed 3 Waters legislation has reminded me time and time again of Animal Farm by Georg Orwell. It was written as a fairy tale but it has become reality with the actions of this government. I thought the quote below summarised how the 3 … [Read more...]
Three Waters – Good faith response number 2
In a continuation of the run of “don’t-confuse-me-with-the-facts, my-minds made-up” by this incompetent government the second reading of the Water Services Bill was rammed through under urgency. Once again I am quoting Thomas Cranmer’s column on 3 Waters. You decide who is correct. The government … [Read more...]
Speed Limits – make it 80km
I remember being caught doing 130kph in my vintage when I was in a “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance” moment in the McKenzie country. The mountains were beckoning. The road was smooth. The car was purring. I’d driven past where we were to turn off. The cold wind was blowing through my body … [Read more...]
In conclusion 22 November
The Select Committee reports back on 3 Waters Bill:
Last week, while we were all on holiday, the Select Committee which had heard the submissions to the 3 Waters Bill reported back. I haven’t seen any article on this report bar one by Thomas Cranmer in Substack. Here’s what he wrote: On Friday, Parliament’s cross-party Finance and Expenditure … [Read more...]
Garry writes – three waters, again
If it’s good enough for the mayor and councillor to have a week off so will we. There’s no Tuesday Club this week and I am only writing about 3 Waters. Rosemary has done a summary of our conversation about Community Boards and increasing community engagement, and have included a few interesting … [Read more...]
Community Engagement and Community Boards
This week at Tuesday Club we looked at Community Boards, community engagement, citizens assemblies and more. Thanks to Bebe Frayle for being the spark, thanks to those there who contributed. Voter return in 2022 local elections was 43.31%. Less than 50% of our voting age population voted. … [Read more...]
This weeks top links 8 November 2022
Complex conversations on complex questions - deliberative democracy in practice An excellent audio - "how the techniques of deliberative, as opposed to participatory democracy can be used to close the gap between public perceptions of major issues and their potential solutions. The discussion was … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 8 November 2022
One issue constantly raised during the election campaign was CCC’s inability to respond to local feedback. Time and time again people reported especially about traffic engineers producing plans for roading, or cycleways, and ignoring the feedback. Max Rashbrooke wrote in The Press this week - … [Read more...]
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