Author Archives: Lee Vandervis

Mayor Hawkins shut down the meeting during question time when awkward questions kept coming over his proposed suck-up letter to Mahuta claiming ‘broad Council support’. A subsequent rewrite with around 30 changes still fell well short of Christchurch Councillors’ unanimous … Continue reading →

https://chrislynchmedia.com/newsitems/City%20councillors%20unite%20against%20%E2%80%9Cundemocratic%E2%80%9D%20Government%20water%20reforms?fbclid=IwAR3sO3O2Vq6knWIo4xJv8LNGKBprkEISOeZhOxQfYfktGDx_12J_kXEnkgs My questions of DCC staff regarding 3 Waters were non-answered as below: From: Simon Drew <Simon.Drew@dcc.govt.nz>Date: Monday, 27 September 2021 at 4:31 PMTo: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>, “Council 2019-2022 (Elected Members)” <council.2019-2022@dcc.govt.nz>, Sandy Graham <Sandy.Graham@dcc.govt.nz>Cc: “Executive Leadership Team (ELT)” <elt@dcc.govt.nz>, … Continue reading →

https://ivmmeta.com/ Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 63 studies, which Professor Ussher seems to have missed, amongst others…

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/%E2%80%98provocative%E2%80%99-covid-posts-%E2%80%98unhelpful%E2%80%99?fbclid=IwAR1cboaj0sKTRFAbhTBS4jZrYbdXtXcJqmATFjC_s_hGfPMuNtQ7McU-9PU

“Not everyone knows that in NZ you are protected by the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 which amongst many other rights includes: 11 – Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment Everyone has the right to refuse to undergo … Continue reading →

https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=6119a5c55f9bed525db38b7f I shared the above post on 3 Facebook groups late last night, Dunedin News, Otago News, and Dunedin News Uncut, and this morning they had all been cut right out, not just the mandatory automatically added ‘f COVID-19 vaccines … Continue reading →

https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/there-lot-be-said-adventure

Appointment today of unknown unelected representatives to have voting rights on two Council decision-making Standing Committees! Democracy denied by Deputy Mayor Garey saying that “Democracy came from a slave state – Greece”, Cr Laufiso saying that she was “a Communist”, … Continue reading →

https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/vandervis-hospital-car-parking-issues-loom-ahead

The Court case and the Appeal have been necessary to challenge the DCC bureaucracy’s public attack on an elected representative during an election process, to get rulings on unprecedented uses/abuses of Code of Conduct provisions, and to preserve elected representatives’ … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s abusive accusations included Cr. Benson-Pope calling me “crass”, “boorish” and falsely claiming I told untruths with Mayor Hawkins again failing to keep order. By late afternoon there was no point in my subjecting myself to more. See for yourself. … Continue reading →

ANZAC DAY MEMORIAL 2021 Brighton                                                                                          My name is Lee Vandervis and as one of your DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL elected Councillors I am honoured to address you on this ANZAC DAY MEMORIAL 2021, organised by the Brighton Club Incorporated.  My thanks … Continue reading →

Flagging away Brian Stewart’s immaculate Ford GT40 Replica which he built himself over many years, having been inspired at the age of 14 in 1966 when the GT40 trounced the Ferraris at Le Mans, using 3 NZ drivers – Denny … Continue reading →

finally admitted in ODT after my questioning, after years of refusing to print the renewals underspend graphs that I presented repeatedly. RENEWALS is what we should have been spending on, and should be spending on now instead of $60 million … Continue reading →

The Hitch-hiker’s Guide is an invaluable aid for understanding our Local Government, and for reading between the lines of the ODT. VOGONS RUN THE UNIVERSE: ========================= Our George Street is about to be demolished for a planned cycleway, with just … Continue reading →

In an extraordinary series of High Court decisions Judge Gendall has legitimised new extensions of the DCC internal Code of Conduct process to now allow any member of the public or Council staff to take a Code of Conduct action … Continue reading →

My personal view for many years now is that all our publicly-funded Museums, the Chinese Garden and the Art Gallery should all be run and efficiently marketed as an integrated group of Dunedin attractions and facilities preferably with a single … Continue reading →

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