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2 days ago from bookmarkletGordon Campbell on the Budget’s spreadsheet victories |
Well worth a read. Campbell points out, again, how irrational the sell-down of our assets is and how myopic the government is being with their focus on returning to surplus by 2014.
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1 week ago from bookmarkletSTDC Councillor sounds alarm |
This is absolutely disgusting, and will happen in Canterbury if fracking is allowed here.
Highlight has to be “…over the past 18 months, the TRC has issued consents that allows whatever washes off Shell Todd’s well sites to flow untreated into the Kapuni, Iniha and Waiakura Streams.”
The TRC is held up as a model by the government and pro-frackers!
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1 week ago from bookmarkletContainer houses |
Made in #Chch!
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1 week ago
Something to warm our hearts - more tilt-slab! #eqnz #chch
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2 weeks agoDunedin Stadium a lesson for #Chch |
We cannot afford this to happen in Christchurch. I really want to urge everyone to oppose the building of another expensive white elephant stadium.
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3 weeks ago from bookmarkletResidents call for audit of 'derelict' TRC | #EQNZ |
Rather than being a model of best-practice fracking as they’re held up to be, the TRC is revealing themselves to be inept and irresponsible regulators.
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3 weeks ago from bookmarklet"Beyond Wellington’s incestuous beltway he is making headway with New Zealanders as they increasing tune in to his open style and frank willingness to listen to their concerns."
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3 weeks ago from bookmarkletSelwyn District Council votes to wait for PCE on fracking | #EQNZ #Chch |
Interesting statements from Selwyn Councillors and the Deputy Mayor of Christchurch, who I could tell very reluctantly voted for the motion. The article seems to be saying she said she voted against the motion, but she didn’t according to the minutes.
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3 weeks ago from bookmarkletRisks of onshore oil catastrophe | #EQNZ #Chch |
So, it turns out that oil drilling is not properly regulated. My, the assurances that fracking “is different in NZ” and that we have adequate regulation are ringing hollower by the day.
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1 month ago
s24-25 of the Residential Tenancies Act (1986) | #EQNZ #Chch |
These sections deal with rent increases, laying out process rules and definition of market rent:
For the purposes of this Act, the market rent for any tenancy shall be the rent that, without regard to the personal circumstances of the landlord or the tenant, a willing landlord might reasonably expect to receive and a willing tenant might reasonably expect to pay for the tenancy, taking into consideration the general level of rents (other than income-related rents within the meaning of section 42(1) of the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992) for comparable tenancies of comparable premises in the locality or in similar localities and such other matters as the Tribunal considers relevant.
It shows that there are numerous landlords breaking the law and numerous tenants just taking it because they think they have no choice.
The government needs encourage people to report abuses and to resource the Department of Building and Housing to monitor and respond to complaints.
