by Ron Scott | Jul 8, 2025 | Climate, News, Regional Council
There is a bit of chatter from the bureaucracy that the solution to big weather events is to make people move away from their homes. Whole towns such as Westport and Opotiki are in the firing line with a message that they should move to higher ground.. At least one of...
by Ron Scott | Jul 1, 2025 | News, Regional Council
The Total Mobility Subsidy Scheme is a valuable programme which enables people with mobility challenges to get out and about in the community. I work with Clive on the board of Blind Low Vision NZ of which he is the chair. It was a pleasure to invite him to speak to...
by Ron Scott | Jun 18, 2024 | News, Regional Council
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-fffb_CAU_U%3Fsi%3DCCEiibGe58oEiang Reading: 206 pages Hours in meetings: 7 hours Two meaty meetings this week. Monitoring and Operations Committee is the...
by Ron Scott | Jun 15, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 623 pages Hours in meetings: 7 hours A short week following Kings Birthday on Monday. Tuesday was busy with a Public Excluded Strategy and Policy Committee meeting In the...
by Ron Scott | Jun 10, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 859 pages Hours in meetings: 15 hours The first main reading was mainly about the SmartGrowth Strategy which is designed to provide planning direction for the next 50 years....
by Ron Scott | Jun 9, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 1033 pages Hours in meetings: 7 hours The meetings this week were a Strategy and policy workshop and a meeting of the Regional Transport Committee. There were some interesting presentations in the workshop. We noted that the Regional Council has...
