Here’s an article from Spinoff last week: Wellington’s mayor Tory Whanau will present her first budget to the council today. As our Wellington editor Joel MacManus explains, today’s presentation of the proposed 10-year budget for Wellington is the first big meeting to decide Wellington’s … [Read more...]
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Investment in Infrastructure:
One aspect of the sub-contracting model came home to me this weekend. I was visiting a house which has had a dodgy-brothers refit. Slowly the plugs fitted to the walls are coming loose. The thin paint sprayed everywhere has already started to wear. Every part of the job was undertaken by subbies. … [Read more...]
Garry writes about the Loft
The longer I live the more I am convinced that genuine community driven initiatives are too often increasingly misunderstood by many in bureaucracies. A recent decision by MSD has saddened me greatly. Today I wish to focus on The Loft which serves community initiatives in the Linwood and … [Read more...]
Plan Change 14 due by 3 May
Generation Zero Provide a Quick Submission guide To follow up on the email we sent out in late February 2023 asking you to email our Christchurch City Councillors to vote for Plan Change 14 (PC14), the council has voted in favour of more medium and high density housing in our city! Now the plan … [Read more...]
Housing Intensification – a call to get this right, not just for homeowners, but for young people…
On March 1st Council are voting on Housing Intensification. Four young candidates who stood in the local elections last year (Finn Jackson, Cashmere Community Board; Hannah Watkinson, Heathcote Community Board; Benny Gilling, Spreydon Community Board; and Harrison McEvoy, Innes Community Board) sent … [Read more...]
The Future of Local Government
A Review of the Future of Local Government has been underway for some time - their second report is out for consultation, with responses needed by 28 February. For the next two weeks Tuesday Club will be focusing on this 5 for 5.30 14 February on Zoom Join on this link- discussion with Penny … [Read more...]
Garry reflects on the help he got as a young Councillor….
It’s the time of the year when we pause and reflect on what has happened to us here in Christchurch New Zealand and the world. We have had an election which has produced a new mayor and councillors and regional councillors. I remember what it was like when I was first elected. CCC was a high … [Read more...]
Regaining Ratepayers Trust – The “tight” 3 meet the CEO of CCC
Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow TS Eliot, in his poem “The Hollow Men” Acknowledging Eliot’s “shadow” let us remember how the “tight” team had a meeting with the CEO before the election. It was set up by Jamie Gough who wrote at 11.11pm an email to the … [Read more...]
The benefits of public expenditure shared by some in the community and not taxed
The benefit which derives to communities from public expenditure is seldom measured. Mostly because most journalists are financially illiterate. Bernard Hickey is a financial analyst who adds items together where seldom others venture. In the case of Transmission Gully, he has conducted some … [Read more...]
University Student study by a relative of Peter Beck
Kia ora! I am a postgraduate student at the University of Auckland, and I need your help! I am seeking participants for an online survey on how residents of New Zealand feel about government, immigration, the media, the Covid response and other issues. It is important we know how people feel … [Read more...]