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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..

The email line the ODT left out was my main reason for asking questions of the DCC CEO.“Looking at some local instances of the very young, some pre-teens now wanting sex-change surgery and hormones has made some parents I know … Continue reading →

Tonight my speech to an almost full crowd at the Northern Oaks Alhambra Club rooms included the following:

I voted against raising the debt cap from $1.2 BILLION TO $1.6 Billion last year, but indications are that even that may not be enough in two years time if we don’t sell Aurora.

tomorrow Friday 7pm at Northern Oaks Alhambra Club rooms that that will be covered by media this time. Look sideways for details…

That depends how much extra is borrowed to kick the can further down the road… https://www.youtube.com/live/OZIKjTTQ6Aw&#8230; DCC spending has long been out of control and often poor value in my view.

Read on blog or ReaderPoint of Order2023 campaign spending per votepoonzteam5443March 22 David Farrar writes – The Electoral Commission has published the expense returns for political parties for the 2023 election. I’ve put them in a table with how many votes a party got so we can see … Continue reading →