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This questionaire was the most polarising questionaire of any focus/advocacy group. Where it was possible, I have attempted to answer questions in a reasonable and considered way. However, many of the questions were either a simple yes/no or had pre determined answers to select from and except for the last 4 questions there was no…
The second organisation to send out its candidate questions out is Policy NZ. Policy NZ gathers information about the policies and ideas of candidates running for election and puts it all into one place so people have a better idea of who they are voting for. Like The Press, answers were very limited in the…
As part of the local election ramp up many organisations send questionnaires out so that they can gather a bit of information about candidates to share through their networks, databases and social channels. Some publish the information as written by the candidate and others chose a bit more of a poetic license depending on their…
I am seeking election to ECan in the Christchurch West Ward. There has never been a more important time to be in local government. The large number of top down reforms, such as three waters, Resource Management Act changes and the looming future of local government reforms are going to change the way local democracy…
Ōtākaro Limited has today for a second time successfully completed the sale of the building at 224 Cashel Street, Christchurch, to Huadu International Management Group Limited (HIMG). The first attempt was with developer Patrick Fontein. HIMG plans to redevelop the former IRD building into a combined training and research medical facility specialising in the field…
Once again Avebury House, Richmond Community Garden and Avon-Ōtākaro Network present a fun, winter-warming event by the Ōtākaro-Avon River Corridor. This Sunday July 19th, Matariki in the Zone is back! There will be live music from the Natural Magic Pirates, Lisa Tui Jonathan Ensemble, Nich the Violinist and Tu tapatahi Kapa Haka group have a…
By Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com The 2020 New Zealand Enduro Championships will wrap up their abbreviated season near Bulls this coming weekend. The unwelcome arrival of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic forced a late start to the Yamaha-sponsored New Zealand Enduro Championships this season and riders, sponsors and supporters were probably just happy to be able to…
The Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) is calling on political parties to back our volunteer and paid firefighters by funding them appropriately for their services much like the Police are funded. The comment follows the publication of the summary of the submissions for the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) funding review, announced by…
A community-led campaign to have the residential red-zone areas along the Ōtākaro Avon River turned into a park is about to come full circle. In the Council chambers on Tuesday morning, the Avon-Ōtākaro Network (AvON) will receive the petition they presented to the then MP for Christchurch East, Lianne Dalziel, on the steps of Parliament…
An Olympic-level Aquasports park is one step closer to calling Kaiapoi home after the concept demonstrated through the pre-feasibility study the potential to be commercially viable. The WHoW Charitable Trust plan a New Zealand first by co-locating surf wave, whitewater and cable wakeboard facilities together in an Aquasports Park parks alongside the Kaiapoi River on…
There’s been a lot of talk of zero rates and heaps of political pressure to do it. A few people have asked me my thoughts on the matter and how I think the council would do it. I completed my Masters research on the Council post Earthquake finances and I was a member of the…
I’ve been thinking … affordability and jobs are going to be key moving forward in recovering from COVID-19 and this article (linked below) where some of the Provincial Growth Fund money could be spent goes some way to finding solutions to both. But it still looks like picking at the fringes. Another issue cropping up…
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