Author: Greg Presland
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Chair’s report May 2020 – Vision West’s food bank, Council’s emergency budget and Titirangi chickens redux
Vision West and food parcels It has been good to get out of lockdown. While I enjoyed the slower pace of life, the quietness of our streets and the cleanliness of our skies it could not last forever. Although I hope that we do not lose what we have learned during that time, including that…
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Further thoughts on Auckland Council’s emergency budget
Council is in the process of preparing an emergency budget. Clearly Covid19 is having a dramatic effect on Council’s finances. I wrote earlier about the effect could be that Council loses hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. I also said this: In working out how to respond there is always the fiscally disciplined approach,…
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Chair’s report April 2020
I trust everyone is well and is adapting to this new way of life. The actions taken by everyone so far have led me to be cautiously optimistic that we can beat the threat posed by Covid-19. New Zealand may do better than most nations and we may get back to a relatively normal way…
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Auckland Council’s finances and Covid-19
I interviewed westie Councillor Shane Henderson recently. We had a talk about Covid-19 and the implications for Auckland Council. The audio is here if you want to listen. We reviewed the first six months of the new term. It certainly is an interesting time to be in office. Neither of us had any idea it…
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Chair’s report – Corvid-19 is changing everything
I am sure I have no need to tell you that we are living in a difficult time. So far locally we have been shielded from the direct effects of the Covid-19 virus but throughout the world we are seeing the effects that the virus is having on health systems and communities. And the economic…