Last week James Palmer and Paul Gilberd gave us a finance 101 talk on the clever structure, Community Finance, they have developed to assist community agencies obtain finance to build homes for the poor. This organisation, which complies with financial regulations, has developed over the past few … [Read more...]
This Week on Zoom – Dr Jean Drage on Future of Local Government
Jean is based in Christchurch and has been keeping a close eye on the politics around NZ’s local government for about three decades now, as a teacher and a researcher. She is interested in the issues of political representation and participation. It is a busy time for reform right now and much … [Read more...]
Three Waters Feb 2022
Cabinet Ministers attack local government: I am worried by the Government’s continuing inability to be responsive to the criticism of their proposed 3 Waters legislation. This doggedness could impact heavily on their re-election chances next election. They are only appointing people to advise … [Read more...]
We received this response on ChristchurchNZ
The new single entity ChristchurchNZ amalgamated five separate functions: economic developmenttourism promotionconvention bureaumajor events promotionAntarctica promotion. The restructure was justified by an expectation of lower senior management costs, reduced administration costs and … [Read more...]
Response on public transport
We may have been a bit hasty in rubbishing the National response about more motorways. We need to keep an open mind.There have been two more articles recently, both espousing road-based concepts for mass transport. The first talks about a future with fleets of electric autonomous vehicles on … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s Covid questions:
Lianne Dalziel supplied this link on self-isolation. It is a very helpful site and I recommend that Tuesday Club readers have a look at it. https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/how-to-self-isolate/#self-isolation-when-you-have-covid-19 Nobody seems to have answers to John’s query about … [Read more...]
A small number of anti-Covid vaccination demonstrators continue to divide our society
There seems to be a nobody’s-going-to-win situation in Wellington. It’s an interesting situation. I participated in a lively debate at Smash Palace on Thursday night amongst a group of vaccinated patrons. There were some who felt the right to protest was paramount. There were others who are appalled … [Read more...]
Garry writes 8 February 2022
The government has announced a proposed light rail system in Auckland. That the National Party spokesperson on transport immediately rubbished the proposal and stated that what was needed was two more motorways says everything about his party’s commitment to the world’s environmental challenges. … [Read more...]
Last week’s speaker: Bernard Hickey
Last week we had a wonderful resume of just what happened to the economy after Covid 19 struck. The government, quite correctly, acted fast and implemented support systems to keep the economy operating. The unintended consequences of the support have resulted in a massive growing of the gap between … [Read more...]
This week’s speakers: James Palmer and Paul Gilberd
This week we have a return of two speakers who have spoken to us before - still on ZOOM. They are from Community Finance, an organisation which has grown impressively over the past few years financing community agencies which are working to house the poor in New Zealand. Community housing agencies … [Read more...]
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