The poet Rumi once wrote:Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. This week the government announced that they were not going to fast track their proposed Bill on the 3 Waters legislation before Christmas. It’s a good call. This gives local … [Read more...]
More on how the Dutch approach their water infrastructure
Dutch Special Envoy on International Water Affairs Henk Ovink was interviewed by Newsroom recently. In the article he is quoted as saying: "You see around the world that building along our rivers was a great thing in the past, because of trade and fresh water, then all of a sudden we covered them … [Read more...]
One of the Tuesday Club recipients sent this letter to the Minister of Local Government about 3 Waters
The person who wrote this letter decided to reply to an unsatisfactory reply he had received from Minister Mahuta. Here is his latest letter: 3 Waters Reform I am writing to you again following your reply dated 3 December 2021. Thank you for your response. However, I do not feel that I have … [Read more...]
A reminder of why I resigned from the Institute of Directors
At one stage in my life, I was talked into joining the Institute of Directors (IOD). After one year as a member, I resigned. I have never belonged to a more boring, dull, outfit than the IOD. I realise that this move precluded my being appointed to boards, but if that is the way you get to higher … [Read more...]
State Services Commission ruled the 3 Waters proposed reforms TV ads breached the public service guidelines
New Zealanders saw right through the adverts which were pasted all over our TV’s showing how badly our water systems have been managed. There have been two polls one which showed 47.7% of people were against the 3 Waters reforms. The other was 56%. The number of people against the reforms in … [Read more...]
Have the Dutch got water ideas we could copy?
In a recent BBC publication is the story of how the Netherlands handles its water challenges.https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211129-the-medieval-dutch-solution-to-flooding?ocid=ww.social.link.email. Here are some edited sections from this article. It reminded me how much we could learn from … [Read more...]
Last week – Alternatives for Three Waters
Last week Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Councillor Pauline Cotter spoke about the potential of creating a regional model for addressing the government’s challenge over 3 waters. Here is a link to the talk: https://www.facebook.com/tuesdayclubchch/videos/474729743975687 … [Read more...]
3 Waters, an orchestrated litany of lies
Local government continues to organise behind the scenes. Last week’s talk by the deputy mayor to the Tuesday Club was another example of how locals are thinking about new ways of delivering water. One issue which will assist the 3 Waters campaign is that the poll numbers are drawing the political … [Read more...]
This week’s speakers Andrew Turner and Pauline Cotter
This week Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Councillor Pauline Cotter will speak about a Canterbury model which could be developed to address the 3 Waters challenge which central government has its own solution to. There is no challenging the issue that everybody in New Zealand deserves to have good … [Read more...]
3 Waters proposals – an orchestrated litany of lies
This week somebody said to me that the government’s 3 Water proposals should be linked to what happened to Māori after the Treaty of Waitangi. The Crown stole their land. Now it’s happening again. The Crown is stealing ratepayers’ property in the form of 3 Waters. It’s an ironic comparison. New … [Read more...]
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