Author Archives: Lee Vandervis - lee@vandervision.co.nz

I have been surprised that we have had little paperwork specifying what the $14 million Municipal Chambers restoration is being spent on, but we have been told verbally that significant spending was required, largely due to seismic strengthening of the … Continue reading →

From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>Date: Thursday, 10 July 2025 at 9:36 AMTo: DCHL@dcc.govt.nz <dchl@dcc.govt.nz>, Council 2022-2025 (Elected Members) <council.2022-2025@dcc.govt.nz>, Sandy Graham <sandy.graham@dcc.govt.nz>Subject: NZ Post follows Air NZ and Auckland Airport dropping climate targets as unachievable and unaffordable Dear All, NZ Post has … Continue reading →

My Mayoral plans to control Rates, Debt and Bureaucracy include: Cancel recent Carbon Zero and Cycleway spending budgets [over $100 million], Pause Smooth Hill landfill [$94 Million in budget], sending our putrescent waste, [less than 20 of Dunedin total waste … Continue reading →

Additional details – Stadium debt of $85,000,000 has remained unpaid for the last 14 years. The interest cost alone ongoing [assuming 5% interest rate] is $4,250,000 every year. Enormous and increasing Stadium maintenance costs have varied markedly from year to … Continue reading →

Aurora needs to be sold and soon. Jess Pen as below has accurately made the rational case for selling Aurora, but has not highlighted two main reasons why Aurora needs to be sold soon. 1 – the DCC is in … Continue reading →

Mr Simms is right to insist on debating Democratic election being necessary for voting on Council, but ODT reporter Ruby Shaw is wrong to claim that I did not respond to questions in the hopelessly short 2 hour response time … Continue reading →

The ORC are an unaffordable blight on Dunedin’s development, wielding the Power of No and bureaucratic red-tape and delay like a religion. Dunedin has long needed a Unitary Council to cut duplication and planet-saving paralysis. ODT article 27/06/25 MP Shane … Continue reading →

Hard frosts may be on the way now that we have had the shortest day – make sure your radiator is full of anit-freeze that also lubricates and limits engine rust.Maintenance can keep many good things going as long as … Continue reading →

In the two hours before going under the knife for a new hip this week on Wednesday I learned of the last-minute proposal to change The DCC Revenue and Financing Policy to allow even more spending to be classified as … Continue reading →

Trouble climbing in and out of cars was the first sign of a R hip joint that had run out of what was needed to keep the bones from painful grinding under load.This Xray from several years ago shows the … Continue reading →

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545267/council-quits-local-government-new-zealand-calling-it-far-left from RNZ.

From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at 1:18 PMTo: Ruby Shaw <ruby.shaw@alliedpress.co.nz>Cc: Nicholas Smith <nicholas.smith@xtra.co.nz>Subject: 2025 Election Hi Ruby, Ta for your interest in my election plans. I am standing as an independent candidate for Dunedin Mayor and Council this October. With extensive business and political … Continue reading →

From: Lee Vandervis lee@vandervision.co.nz Date: Monday, 28 April 2025 at 2:41 PM To: Ruby Shaw ruby.shaw@alliedpress.co.nz Subject: Re: Business South and Zero Carbon Alliance Hi Ruby, I agree with Business South CEO Mike Collins that the DCC Zero Carbon Alliance … Continue reading →

This power is used as a last resort when all other attempts to get the rates paid have been exhausted.” I know of someone personally who had his home put into an auction process by a court order to recover … Continue reading →

There are some inaccuracies in the Andrew Simms summation as below, but in general I agree that the DCC should not proceed with its Smooth Hill landfill because of its unaffordable financial and environmental implications as well as a long … Continue reading →

If you Google NZ Government Funding for Maori there are 15 pages of Google headings to search through to get an idea of the scale of it.https://www.google.com/search?q=NZ+Government+Funding+for+Maori&sca_esv=da447278f1366733&sxsrf=ADLYWIJZVoXt2gZR66ugYDASwhzZHns1ig:1728803084089&ei=DHELZ8eRBfiX0-kP9cHv6QE&start=0&sa=N&sstk=Aagrsuj9W84hMmi2QmmqH1nKF1zzKznbTMKn5sgpl9Z6bkKBLSumG1tMM2-g2vMcj9z6of6p3j62FA95hbh4uBYgCJwhoeU5DDFc4J1MTf4ryUyzvcNpSHjbGkdXjmLEJfSJOn9hy3ZdguhWb_uOqF3to87-j7VorFA-sjOfXYy64LbNx-urkO1bq1pgKQYKWvR-Top1LSM-EPPAnxf3GnZKoUqft4OtqYIIW2_ogN-6hpLoxrzZQYeQv19OkPLXshOLSCwe4XkKG4C2PCz5BFbeG5U4SQ1-DBH4dgL8dAxU7WoIo5cWJkB1L2Df&ved=2ahUKEwjHx9qt5YqJAxX4yzQHHfXgOx04FBDy0wN6BAgFEAQ&biw=1262&bih=679&dpr=2

The answer that came back was 58.7%.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich and Cr Lee Vandervis sought to stop further cycle-ways spending. However, their motion to have all further planned Dunedin City Council cycleways funding reviewed — because of ‘‘very low and declining use’’ of cycle lanes — … Continue reading →