Well, in less than a week’s time, we will know who the new Mayor of Christchurch will be! If you haven’t already, make sure that you fill in your voting forms and post them by Tuesday. If you haven’t yet received your papers, you can request & complete a special vote: more information is available here. It’s […]
Car Parking in Hagley Park – no thanks
There’s a bit of a flurry around today’s suggestion of an “immediate” car park on Hagley Park for the hospital. This has been an issue that myself and others have worked on for a number of years, for both the benefit of staff and patients. Unfortunately, the issue is a bit more complicated than Phil […]
Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce Mayoral Debate
In order to cap rate rises at 3%, substantial cuts to operational and capital budgets would be required. Somewhere across the city, someone is not going to get the footpath repair that they’ve been promised. [This is in reference to Phil’s idea to keep rate rises at 3% – this will mean that we have […]
Managing Conflicts of Interest
It is important that conflicts of interest are managed properly. Whether they’re either real or perceived conflicts, in terms of how they’re viewed by the public, they’re conflicts of interest. “Anything that undermines that actually undermines the trust and credibility of the council.” We need to restore the trust in the Council; we need to […]
Proven Leadership Experience
It’s easy for “proven leadership experience” to feel like a soundbite at this stage in the campaign: however, here’s a clip about how we built a healthcare system that could respond to some of New Zealand’s largest disasters including earthquakes, fires, the Christchurch terror attacks, and the Whakaari/ White Island volcano response. When I was […]