Last week was very different from our normal presentation. Farid is an amazing man who is completely driven by his faith journey. Others who share his faith journey have not all agreed with his forgiveness of those who have done him wrong, like the man who mercilessly murdered Farid’s wife and 50 … [Read more...]
This Week – CCC speakers
This week we have two CCC topics... The first is explaining to us the proposed changes to the electoral boundaries for Local Government in Christchurch. I promised that we would consider this recently and now is our chance to hear what is being discussed at the Council table which we are able to … [Read more...]
When do our leaders get time to think?
I was due to have a meeting with a senior public servant this week. It didn’t happen for a variety of reasons. I was staggered when I discussed when we could next catch up with his wonderful pa that his diary was booked weeks in advance. This made me think about when I was told after I had … [Read more...]
This was incorrectly written by the Economist as a left-right divide
Following on from the article above about the need to review taxes the Economist this week has taken the line that for business to agree to get on side with certain issues makes the matter of “siding with the left”. This is an interesting interpretation. What’s seen by the Economist as “left” in … [Read more...]
Isn’t it time that the governance structure of the Red Zone was sorted out CCC?
Am I on my own when I express frustration about the endless delays in establishing a Governance structure for the Red Zone? Surely 10 years of sitting at endless meetings chewing the end of a pencil has enabled Central and Local Government time to get their act together. There’s quite frankly no … [Read more...]
CCC Long Term Plan
A reminder that the Tuesday Club will be making submissions on the Long-Term Plan. For those who would like to assist with this presentation then please get in touch. I received this from Andrew Turner answering some queries which had been forwarded to him after he had spoken to the Tuesday … [Read more...]
Housing April 2021
John Patterson wrote to me this week and said: I see in the Tuesday Club notes this week you have my story of building houses after the war, I hope it makes people think. To work out were you have to go you need to look where you’ve been. The house my great granddad built in 1886 was 212 … [Read more...]
Why do politicians play games with each other which merely props up the status quo?
From my perspective Andy Foster increasingly proves that he is unsuited to be Mayor of Wellington. Last week he called for an investigation into why a Councillor had met with a Minister which is, quite frankly, pathetic. I bet if the person who met a Minister was promoting the same policies as … [Read more...]
A challenge for us as a country from Sir Paul Callaghan which could assist the direction for our City
In Newsroom last week there was an article on the speech which Sir Paul Callaghan gave 10 years ago challenging our society to reform and to accommodate new approaches towards how we address our challenges. As I read the article, I wondered how we could apply this to our City and for Greater … [Read more...]
Fabian Society talk this week
Natasha Hamilton-Hart - Anglo-American capitalism in an East Asian Mirror I would like to invite you to hear Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart discuss the above topic5pm on Wednesday April 14 at Wellington Central Baptist Church, 46-48 Bouclott Street, Wellington You can also join by … [Read more...]
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