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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…
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Letter to the editor
In regards to the article “Anger over decision to exclude community from red zone committee” The Press. I am a little surprised to see the make-up of the committee given a model already exists for a similar project and has done so since the Ngai Tahu (Tutaepatu Lagoon Vesting Act) 1998. Te Kōhaka o…
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What we know about 2025
We are well into 2025, the last year of the current election trimester, with elections later this year. We have the first Council meeting of the year this upcoming week, after the Planning & Strategy and Regional Delivery Committee meeting during the past two weeks. The big project for this year was to be the…
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Christmas Day message
Very nice to receive a gift from a local constituent, very thoughtful wrapping too.
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The small pleasures of life
An update on the front verge. People in Christchurch should have heard about the City Council wanting to rid a traffic island of a very colourful guerilla garden, paid for by the local bookshop owner. In protest, I dug up by grass berm in August and replaced it with wildflowers and bedding plants. Today I…
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The lunatics retain control of the asylum
Spot on Vicky Southworth for ECan – Christchurch South-Ōwhanga Constituency calling it for what is…….begs the question why the labour party councillor voted with the rural, right block to delay for over a year
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Council meeting 591, 27 November “how to flip flop your reasoning in the space of one agenda item”.
We had Council meeting 591 today and I left it feeling a bit like a ‘rock em sock em robot’, having had two attempts at a code of conduct breach levelled at me and seeing two major decisions defy my logic. The first involved an opposite view to a Councillor and the second the use…
Greg Byrnes 