TalentNZ: Christchurch Thursday 20 March
On Thursday the TalentNZ Tour arrived in Christchurch. Wendy McGuinness was joined by Tim Bennett and Roger Dennis at a meeting with Mayor Lianne Dalziel and councillors, including Vicki Buck and Raf Manji who we interviewed for the TalentNZ Journal. It was a fantastic opportunity to share the first version of the Menu of Initiatives and discuss Christchurch’s potential to grow...
Exploring the Future of Christchurch
As stated in the previous blog entry, it is now more important than ever to consider the future of Christchurch. Get involved with Magnetic South, an online idea-generating game designed to help people explore the future together, and ensure your opinions are heard. Join in at www.magneticsouth.net.nz from 9am, Friday 24 June to 12pm, Saturday...
Personal account – Surviving 2 disasters
Our hearts go out to all of those in Christchurch affected by the recent after shocks. In light of the circumstances, it seems all the more important to draw your attention to Roger Dennis’ blog entry ‘Lessons learnt from 2 disasters’. This is a personal account of how being prepared helped Roger and his family...
Exploring Christchurch’s Future
POSTPONED – Magnetic South is an online idea-generating game designed to help people explore the future together. Whether you have five minutes or five hours you can help explore what the future will be like, and what this will mean with regard to decisions made about Christchurch. Draw on the collected knowledge of everyone playing...
Second Hillary Symposium: World Environment Day
Above: Hamish Reid of Project Litefoot I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Second Hillary Symposium in Christchurch on Friday, World Environment Day. While the symposium had a significant focus on Christchurch, the take-away lessons dealt more with the global situation, and how any city could use it to an advantage. The...