The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 24th November 2018

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  1. This is significant good on Nania Mahuta. – well done.

    http://www.dia.govt.nz/Central-Local-Government-Partnership

    Local governance for community well-being
    With the reintroduction of the four well-beings and commitment to a Wellbeing Budget 2019, there is an opportunity to harness local government’s strengths and proximity to its communities and explore how central and local government can align its well-being objectives, frameworks and measures.

    This programme will focus on how our two levels of government can and should work together to deliver intergenerational well-being, and on the future role of local governance in New Zealand in strengthening local democracy, instilling greater trust and confidence in local governance and supporting regional growth. It will explore what settings, conditions and resources are required to support local government in this work.

    https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/wellbeing-and-water-%E2%80%93-necessary-conversation-local-government

    ‘It’s important to initiate the conversation about how Central and Local Government can contribute, enhance and support the types of expectations that communities seek around environmental stewardship, urban planning and place-making, public services and amenities, housing and community development and intergenerational wellbeing,” said Nanaia Mahuta.

    20th November 2018.

    20 NOVEMBER 2018
    Wellbeing and Water – a necessary conversation with Local Government

    HON NANAIA MAHUTA

    Local Government
    The Government has announced plans to initiate a strategic conversation with Local Government about community well-being and proposals to overhaul the regulation of water. Led by the Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta, the multi-agency Three Waters Review has been investigating the state and performance of New Zealand’s drinking water, wastewater and storm water systems.
    “Equally important is the need to engage our Councils and Central Government in what we can do collaboratively to enhance wellbeing through regional growth, strengthening the role of our communities and engaging the potential of our young people – essential to that will be the challenge of our waters infrastructure,” said the Hon Nanaia Mahuta.

  2. Ban synthetic Nylon tyres and dissk brakes and lower travel speeds of trucks, as the tyre dust and bake particles is now causing cancer and other health damages, and poisoning all our seas and rivers and our drinking water, after rain fall causes ‘road dust pollution runoff’.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/11/polluting-effect-wear-brakes-tyres-pollutionwatch

    “This means more brake and tyre wear. Brake systems on cars, vans and lorries have also changed. Since disc brakes have been gradually replacing drum systems, but open discs emit more inhabitable air pollution than drum brakes, where the wear-particles are mostly sealed in.
    There are no policies to control these emissions. Stopping from 30mph emits around twice the amount of brake particles compared with stopping from 20mph, so lower urban speed limits could help, as could reducing traffic volumes – especially by better management of goods moved by road.”

  3. Climate change, threat of human extinction, or at least major disasters, more plastic in the oceans than fish, droughts and floods affecting millions, animal and plant species becoming extinct at huge rates, greatest famine in modern time in Yemen, wtf, this is what gets Kiwis moving, really moving:

    ‘Black Friday sales madness sweeps country, set to break record’

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12165552

    ” The American shopping phenomenon Black Friday has been embraced by Kiwis. Mall carparks were jammed and sales expected to jump by more than 10 per cent on last year.

    A Facebook user reported carparks at Westfield St Lukes overflowing and “absolute madness” in surrounding streets, with cars trapping each other in and a line of shoppers inside Briscoes that swept around the store.

    Today is also busy, despite the rain, as most retailers extend their Black Friday discounts.

    Maleka, a Briscoes duty manager who gave only her first name, told the Herald the sale was “going great”.”

    Never mind tomorrow, hunters and gathers fight over the loot.

    Screw the future, live now, live it up big, as long as the going is good, f… the future.

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