Posts by Matthew Poole
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Unfortunately, the people driving this don't really have that sort of imagination.
The people driving it have still got the pip at getting a unified "fuck off" from the region's mayors. An event that, I suspect, was so far outside the realms of their imagination that they'll remain in shock for a while yet.
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Sacha, looks like the situation has changed from what I read last week. I would say I wish Rodney would make up his mind, but that's asking a bit too much. So you're right that the CCOs may or may not (looks like it depends somewhat on which CCO is under discussion) have to follow the strategic plan, but that still doesn't make it in the least be relevant in relation to the election of Megatropolis councillors vis an appointed board to run ECan.
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The fact that they made the approach while Kurariki is banned from talking to the media is alarming.
And since they presumably knew about the ban, could've been reasonably assumed to have known, that's gotta be worth some serious slapping by various media oversight bodies. Shame it doesn't appear to be a criminal offence, having perused the Parole Act.
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And speaking of the Megatropolis transport agency, we have this pearl:
On Friday, Mr Joyce said Auckland Transport was being modelled on the Transport Agency - the Government's transport operating arm which is run by a board.
Like everything, he said, that agency had its strengths and weaknesses, "but I think it's got the right balance between political oversight and operational governance".
There's the small matter of the Minister of Transport appointing all the directors of NZTA, whereas the Super Mayor gets to appoint two of seven. The NZTA is also required to keep the Minister appraised of its activities, whereas the CCOs can operate in an information vacuum.
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I think you will also find ionising radiation sources at places like Universities
The University of Auckland definitely has one. There's a cobalt 60 block in a sub-basement that's used for irradiating geological samples. I know this because a) I had an office just down the hall from the entry to the control room, b) I worked with a guy who studied geology at UoA and had worked on irradiated geological samples that'd been passed through said block, and c) I did a risk analysis for the Faculty of Science, and had to consider the impact of loss of water/power on the safety of said block (there was no safety risk, according to the licensee).
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Eh? I responded to Craig's comment that "at least Aucklanders will still get to vote for their regional representatives at the end of the year" - compared with Chch if commissioners are appointed.
It was my comment, not Craig's, and your response was totally irrelevant. Whether or not CCOs will command most of Megatropolis' assets has zero bearing on the election, or not, of regional representatives at the end of the year. And the CCOs still have to work to the strategic plan set by those elected representatives, whereas an appointed commission to run ECan is likely to be given free reign to ignore anything it desires, given the current form of Rodders et al.
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Sacha, you were the one who changed the topic, not Craig.
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I also found it a bit invasive when the two were advised of the mother's condition and didn't want them in her presence thus asked to move to another room
You're not a reporter, Sofie. Invasive is what they do.
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Sacha, it's not a side-step at all. We were talking about electing representatives, not about control of council mechanisms.
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Although I remember one or two were women.
One was 16, I believe. Kurariki's step-sister? There were definitely members of his family involved. And that's without asking Google.