Early in my life I worked as the accountant at what is now called Ara. One year, as I attempted to balance the budget of a rapidly growing institution with expanding financial demands, I cut the budget of the library. One of the Tuesday club regular attendees will recall this event. The librarian … [Read more...]
Slow death of the Newspaper editorial…
Slow death of the newspaper editorial - Knightly Views with Gavin Ellis Consensus is an increasingly rare commodity. For that reason, I view the death of the editorial with more than sadness. I see it as counterproductive. As a society, we must harness whatever means we can to draw people back … [Read more...]
Well done CCC
Unbeknown to us we lived in the Flockton Basin. One day, around 40 years after we moved there, the heavens opened and our grandchildren got a chance to canoe up our street. The water flooded through many people’s homes and some were destroyed. My garage flooded and when somebody pulled the plug on … [Read more...]
Max Rashbrooke at Tuesday Club
The Tuesday Club, in association with IDEA (the Institute for Democratic and Economic Analysis), invite you to a sneak preview of the findings of IDEA’s first research project. This major report looks at how we can transform the support we offer to those looking for paid work – building a … [Read more...]
Garry’s Ramblings about Transport
As we were turning out of Ferry Road this week a strident cyclist headed straight for us. She had cycled through a red light. I, personally, can’t tell the difference between a strident cyclist and a strident motorist. Both ends of the transport spectrum dominate the debate on transport. I have … [Read more...]
Nigel Miller, former Chief Medical Officers at Canterbury District Health Board
Come along on Tuesday evening at Smash Palace from 5pm with the talk commencing at 5.30. It will be livestreamed on Facebook How your health service could be; compared with how it is now. Nigel is a Geriatrician and General Physician who came to Canterbury in 1992 from the North East of … [Read more...]
Public Health Censorship by Simeon Brown
Recently Medical officers of health were told that they are unable to speak about public health matters without approval from the Minister of Health’s office in Wellington. Minister Simeon Brown said he wanted medical officers of health to stop writing about issues such as fast food and “leading … [Read more...]
Farewell to a Great Ombudsman
For the past few years New Zealand has been superbly served by our Ombudsman, Judge Peter Boshier. I have had a little to do with the Ombudsman’s office and any time I have had anything to do with Peter Boshier he has always been ethical and attentive. As he headed out the door, he fired a few shots … [Read more...]
This week in person – Jane Shearer
Jane Shearer trained as a scientist and works helping researchers get funding for their projects – she reads and writes about a broad range of cutting-edge ideas and innovations. Jane loves philosophical thinking, gardening, landscaping, song writing, guitar, skiing, reading, … [Read more...]
George Monbiot provides a way through the current despair…
Recently an article by George Monbiot gave me a faint sense of hope at this time of despair inflicted on us by President Trump and his lackies. Monbiot wrote that one way we could cope with the sort of chaos being imposed on us all by this regime was for us to focus on our local communities and to … [Read more...]