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Annual Plan deliberations 27 May 2025
Today we deliberated on the 2025/26 Annual Plan. Thirteen Councillors in the room and two online. I have attempted to put the majority of the decisions requiring debate in. We started with Public Transport, where we supported the 2-zone fare structure commencing February 2026 and the trial of additional capacity on Route 86 Darfield to…
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EDS on the right side of history………(as usual)
This reinforces how disingenuous federated farmers commitment to the environment is. They deliberately used litigation to stall the plan change for a decade, in order to expand dairy farming throughout the basin. They were eventually called out by the environment court, but by that time they already had their infrastructure up and running and their…
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Saving the planet
The Editor In response to the article ‘The tiny charity saving the planet one court case at a time’ The Press 31 March. I want to acknowledge the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) and the importance of the work they are carrying out. If you ever doubted that the doctrine of eternal growth and its associated…
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3/3/2025
I got the chance to discuss local politics over a cuppa at the Canterbury Workers Education Association today……….. The WEA recognise that democracy works best with open communication and so were continuing their series of afternoon teas with elected representatives. This was a chance to sit down in a small group setting, ask questions, and…
Greg Byrnes 