Last week we heard from a person working daily as an advocate for migrants and refugees in this country. Peter Moses came to NZ as a migrant. He worked for Immigration Service and is now a barrister acting on Immigration matters. We had a bit of a problem last week as people found it difficult to … [Read more...]
This Week Dave Henderson – affordable housing in the Red Zone
The Council has dropped the ball on progressing the co-governance structure for the Red Zone. I know we have had Covid and 3 Waters to deal with but there’s a lot of staff at CCC who should be working on this. People are getting frustrated at the glacial approach to dealing with this matter. This … [Read more...]
David Meates leaves for overseas on a contract to teach the UK about CDHB systems
David Meates left on Saturday on an assignment in the UK working as Specialist Health Advisor. The UK is going through some very interesting changes now with England creating 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) which remarkably look like District Health Boards. The intent of these ICS is to create a … [Read more...]
“3 Waters” proposed reforms, activity since the last Tuesday Club notes
The Tuesday Club has orchestrated the bringing together of Council’s around NZ to discuss the proposed 3 Waters legislation. We operated behind the scenes. No fuss. No bother. We just rang people and got them talking to each other. It’s ironic that we did this as volunteers performing the role which … [Read more...]
Does the CCC application for infrastructure funding complicate the rejection of the 3 Waters proposal?
When I read the article in Stuff this week about CCC applying for funding to assist infrastructure funding to open three key sites I was nervous. The Council will, quite correctly, reject the Government’s 3 Waters proposed reforms. To hold their hands out saying that they need financial support to … [Read more...]
Covid – a Marathon not a Sprint
Ian Powell, who knows what he says about the health system said this about Covid on Business Desk website: The government would do well not to use altruism as a justification for the rollout schedule. Aotearoa is such a small market that our original Pfizer agreement would have made minimal … [Read more...]
More on Afghanistan
An open letter has been written by 60 civil society organisations and leading individuals calling with one voice for the government to increase its efforts when it comes to the crisis in Afghanistan. Here is the letter: Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta, minister of foreign affairs Tēnā koe … [Read more...]
in Conclusion 21 Sept 2021
Garry’s thoughts on water:
The Tuesday Club is continuing to draw together several Local Authorities together after our Public Three Waters Meeting. More and more are joining in On Friday night we had Councils from the top of the North Island to Invercargill, and many in between. Councils are realising that they are not on … [Read more...]
This week on Zoom – more on Immigration
This week we will again be on Zoom. I rang my cousin’s husband, Peter Moses, when I read Abbas’ book. In it Abbas referred to the Immigration NZ staff who arrived on the Tampa to assess who could come to NZ. I knew that Peter had had something to do with this exercise. It turned out he was THE only … [Read more...]
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