A Bill called the Local Government Amendment Bill No.2 has just been reported back from a select committee to Parliament. This Bill is of significance because it proposes to make it easier for local authorities to reorganise themselves by attacking each other and taking over services that the other provides. Let’s have a look at… Continue reading Local Government Amendment Bill pushing another political agenda
Month: September 2019
Car-centric carriageway clogging culture continues in Christchurch [5]: Political realities
Right now we have a Labour government in Wellington, and we have Ecan headed by a Labour member (Steve Lowndes) and we have the Christchurch City Council headed by a Labour member (Lianne Dalziel). And this is like political heaven for the Labour party, and as long as it continues we will never actually see… Continue reading Car-centric carriageway clogging culture continues in Christchurch [5]: Political realities
Car-centric carriageway clogging culture continues in Christchurch [4]: MFM campaign highlights transport funding debacle
We welcome debate on the public transport system here and are interested in any proposals to improve the system. It’s abundantly clear in our other posts that we are concerned that the City Council has not given public transport a high enough priority to development of a public transport network in the city, by being… Continue reading Car-centric carriageway clogging culture continues in Christchurch [4]: MFM campaign highlights transport funding debacle