Last week’s speaker, Rod Cameron, gave us a really excellent run through his life and onto the purpose of the proposal which has emerged from SKIRT, a planning tool called ENABLE. This is so relevant to the proposed Greater Christchurch 2050. It is a profoundly simple framework which can be applied … [Read more...]
This week – Mike Greer Homes
This week we have Peter Freeman, from Mike Greer Homes. Peter has had an interesting background having been involved in Community Housing in the UK and who has a really excellent relationship with the Community Housing sector around New Zealand. Note we will be on Zoom - back to Smash Palace … [Read more...]
CCC really messed up the corner of Tuam and High Streets:
If ever we have had an example of engineers getting a corner seriously wrong the corner of High and Tuam really has to win the prize. I have to admit that I have a conflict of interest on this as I am a shareholder of a business affected by this intersection, Smash Palace. We were asked by a … [Read more...]
CDHB 3 November
1. Government Departments mis-managing building programmes: We have written about how the Ministry of Health has completely mismanaged the building of new buildings at CDHB. If you think this is unusual then read this article. It’s about how the Ministry of Education has then same level of … [Read more...]
Really interesting response to my suggesting that Gerry Brownlee go back to teaching
Honest, I was only joking when I suggested that Gerry Brownlee should retire from Parliament and head back to the classroom. I received a number of responses from people who have had enough of our Gerry. My opinion is that Gerry and Nick Smith should both stand down. I know that the first thought … [Read more...]
Greater Christchurch 2050 are our suburbs ready for growth?
In an article in the Guardian it is argued that large cities have been gutted by Covid 19. Staff have been found to be more productive at home and this is leading to questioning of the need for large central city offices and the cost of expensive infrastructure to support travel to the central … [Read more...]
Nicky Hager – The Trial of Julian Assange
The Fabian Society invite you to hear Nicky Hager discuss his role as an expert witness in the recent extradition trial of Julian Assange at 5:30pm at Wellington Baptist Church, 46-48 Boulcott Street, Wellington on Thursday 5 November. Nicky Hager was an expert witness for the defence in the … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 27 October 2020
As those who are in positions of power decide how the Government is going to look like over the next three years, all those of us miles away from power can do is sit and ponder about what we think should be at the front of their lobes. I thought I would start with a quote from Norm Kirk which … [Read more...]
Last Week – Dawn Baxendale and Jim Palmer on Greater Christchurch 2050
Last week we had an excellent session with the CE’s of Christchurch City Council and Waimakariri District Council, Dawn Baxendale and Jim Palmer about the Council’s planning for Greater Christchurch 2050. It’s a difficult topic planning for a future date. ….said it best when she spoke as a GP in … [Read more...]
This Week – Rod Cameron on Engage – Preparing for the future…
We thought it would be good to continue the Greater Christchurch 2050 theme this week. So, we invited Rod Cameron to speak from his perspective on this topic. Rod is a Civil Engineer who has worked around the world on engineering projects. In both the private and public sectors. He returned to … [Read more...]
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