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

This is the DCC cycle-count data that Cr Walker and others have long claimed would show increasing cycle usage over the last 4 years, when there has actually been a decline in cycle lane usage from 2022 despite an increasing … Continue reading →

NZTA might be forgiven for thinking it is still winter here in Dunedin, but spending our road taxes on such patronising road ‘safety’ advertising is surely a distracting waste of our money.

DCC Economic Development Agenda Data spoken of positively by many Councillors when in fact every significant comparison of Dunedin data compared to New Zealand averages data showed Dunedin to be below average, in many cases well below average. Look at … Continue reading →

This seesaw was $50 on FaceBook Marketplace at the time, and seems much better value to me. finding out how this $600,000 was spent is as below. From: Sharon Bodeker <Sharon.Bodeker@dcc.govt.nz> Date: Thursday, 21 November 2024 at 4:25 PM To: … Continue reading →

Michael Laws has independently asked questions that I have long been asking [and have had racist accusations from other Councillors and Code of Conduct complaints for my trouble] but Laws has gone further to uncover the extent of ‘relationship funding’ … Continue reading →

My questioning of how we could vote for a Plan with more than a dozen illegible pages and scores of untranslated Maori words and phrases was met with various Councillor rebuffs, including:Cr Walker’s claim that although much of the public … Continue reading →

As PM Luxon said yesterday“”Look, I fully understand the frustration. It’s also frustrating for a government that’s been in power for 10 months and inheriting this mess as well.This is a project that started at $1.2 billion, went to $1.6 … Continue reading →

From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>Date: Friday, 4 October 2024 at 9:43 PMTo: Sandy Graham <Sandy.Graham@dcc.govt.nz>, Council 2022-2025 (Elected Members) <council.2022-2025@dcc.govt.nz>Cc: Executive Leadership Team (ELT) <elt@dcc.govt.nz>, Communications <comms@dcc.govt.nz>Subject: Complete drainage victory over the most persistent days of heavy rain Dear Sandy and your … Continue reading →

when in fact every significant comparison of Dunedin data compared to New Zealand averages data showed Dunedin to be below average, in many cases well below average. Look at how low Dunedin Average House Values are compared to the NZ … Continue reading →

A significant opportunity to address our unsustainable debt and to get some income from our companies has been lost today, with enormous risks going forward, including being overwhelmed by debt and possibly losing Aurora’s value to a government centralising scheme … Continue reading →

Apparently this Kiwiblog bloke has been able to find the following political costs: I have been voting to stop DCC funding of self-serving Local Government New Zealand for over a decade and have always refused to go to their conferences.Recently … Continue reading →

Imagine there’s one rates bill, It’s easy if you try One group of Councillors to vote for And rates that aren’t so high Imagine all Dunedin, building the same way… Imagine no duplication It isn’t hard to do One environmental … Continue reading →

The Dunedin City Council have requested I make an apology and much else beyond the powers of the DCC Code of Conduct rules.My response to their over-reach was made public by the DCC today. From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024 … Continue reading →

Council Minute Extract – 31 July 2024full video, the knives are out – https://www.youtube.com/live/AqFfS3ZZ-xM?feature=shared Moved (Mayor Jules Radich/Cr David Benson-Pope):That the Council:a) Upholds the findings of the investigation by the Independent Investigator, MrJordan Boyle into the Code of Conduct complaint … Continue reading →

Not looking forward to coming back to Dunedin chill after summer weather overseas. Our relatives in Germany treated us Royally for my wife’s sister’s Wedding, ceremony and after-match functions. Who would guess from the photos that I was the only … Continue reading →

From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz>Date: Monday, 29 July 2024 at 7:00 PMTo: Council 2022-2025 (Elected Members) <council.2022-2025@dcc.govt.nz>Subject: My Response to CoC from Crs Laufiso and Mayhem  Dear All, Following requests from Dunedin citizens and media, I have decided to make a short written response to the … Continue reading →

· Shared with Public Doug Kamo’s production of Rock Tenors Pink Floyd hits was superb in St Paul’s Cathedral last night. There is a potential industry here in Dunedin with so much local talent, musical and technical. Thank you all … Continue reading →

Hilary Calvert is an ex-Lawyer, ex-MP and ex-City Councillor and Regional Councillor..