New Zealand stopped breathing when the latest Auckland community case was announced. The young person who was infected, and who was told to stay at home didn’t, and the rest is history. We must remain vigilant but we should also be grateful for all of the scientists who manage our response. We … [Read more...]
This sort of tribal nonsense is unacceptable in Christchurch:
The members of the Peoples Choice are proposing to remove the Chair of the Linwood Central Heathcote Community Board, Alexandra Davids. Why? I guess because she isn’t a member of their team. This is disgraceful stuff. It’s about numbers and being tribal. It’s not about her skill base. If they were … [Read more...]
CDHB series of articles:
Article from the UK on what the CDHB was when he visited in February: I was interested to read this article by a top UK health specialist. He visited the CDHB before the Board and MOH started to pull apart what we had, and what he recognised was working so well. Remember how the Crown Monitor and … [Read more...]
Engagement about Greater Christchurch 2050
We need your help to develop a new 30-year vision and plan for Greater Christchurch The Greater Christchurch Partnership is inviting local leaders, thinkers and influencers to a series of workshops to define our aspiration for Greater Christchurch in 2050 and identify the collective actions and … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 17 Nov 2020
Garry Writes 10 November 2020
Apologies from the cancellation of last weeks speaker from Mike Greer Homes at the last minute. Like most of the readers of Tuesday Club notes I have been soaking up each torturous step of the USA elections. There’s lots of friends in USA who receive the Tuesday Club notes. To you all our best … [Read more...]
Van Jones weeps after Biden’s win: ‘It’s easier to be a parent this morning’
I found this interview on Sunday morning on CNN pretty impressive. Here a black commentator started to cry as he was asked what the election result meant to him. Watch it here This reaction by this commentator is exactly how I felt as Trump went down in a screaming heap. Literally. His … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker- Sam Johnson
We are continuing our theme of following Greater Christchurch 2050 challenges... This week we have Sam Johnson, one of the founders of the Student Army, speaking as a young person on how he feels we need to approach the future as Greater Christchurch. Sam has continued his community activism … [Read more...]
CCC restructure announced this week:
This week Dawn Baxendale announced her long promised restructure of the CCC executive. Next week I will analyse this but one thing worried me during the week. Chris Lynch posted his thoughts on the announcement, as he should. However, the venomous comments under his posting were disgusting. It … [Read more...]
Garry writes 3 November
Last Wednesday Pam and I, and members of our family, joined a good number of Christchurch residents and attended the premier of the latest brilliant film by Gerard Smyth and the Frank Films crew. It’s called “When a City Rises” and I recommend that everybody takes a chance to watch it. We don’t … [Read more...]
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