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Welcome

Nau mai haere mai to my occasional blog that explores issues around sustainability, politics, environment and community. I’ve recently stood down from my role as a regional councillor at Otago Regional Council and am leaving my professional role as a facilitator of professional practice programmes at Otago Polytechnic. In those roles I worked  towards environmental and community regeneration. Now, I write about whatever I'm working on, or what takes my interest.   All views expressed are my own. 

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Nov 17, 20194 min read

ORC councillor update #1

My first weeks on the Otago Regional Council (ORC) have been an intense learning curve.  As the first Queenstown based councillor on the...

 
 
 
Apr 17, 20194 min read

The Future of Ladies Mile

”An important question is should Council play a proactive role or a reactive role in managing this change. Whatever option is taken it is...

 
 
 
Aug 14, 20186 min read

Talking noise boundaries

QAC’s plans have been presented on a special website and at several community meetings

 
 
 
Oct 31, 201711 min read

Small words, poor context, email battle

UPDATE 1/11/17.  I had a call today correcting me on my accusation against the original reporter and it’s fair enough.  The original...

 
 
 
Apr 26, 20164 min read

Connectivity

‘We have to put the eco back into economics’ – David Suzuki Connectivity is a major theme in my Masters work.  Right now I’m thinking...

 
 
 
Mar 21, 20161 min read

Connection and wheel reinventing

A recent podcast explained that offline or online will become redundant in our language because we will soon be always online, connected...

 
 
 
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