Rik Tindall

Ōwhanga pest free vision

A pest and predator free Horomaka/Banks Peninsula by the year 2050? …That is the bold goal, the vision of active community groups and agency partners of the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust (BPCT): private land owners, Summit Road Society ‘Predator Free Port Hills’, Christchurch City Council, Department of Conservation, etc. Community Voice campaigns through 2019 for…

The price of preparedness

Spreydon-Cashmere community board? = Spreydon-Cashmere presbyterian fraud. A breakthrough in learning for Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, at its south: The reason there is so little community disaster preparedness (as evidenced east of the city, before and since destructive 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence) is the same reason communities cannot build disaster preparedness for themselves – corrupted…

Transport action now!

Better public passenger transport frequency and reliability lift service quality for custom and revenue, to feed further improvement. 2019 is prime time to speak up for these again, so where should priority be placed? For fresh ideas and good debate, see facebook.com/ChristchurchTransport and watch this space. Also christchurchtransportcommunityservices.wordpress.com Two years back when seeking election, Labour…

More NZ democracy needed

“The quality of mercy is not strained”, though the quality of New Zealand democracy is. (William Shakespeare) Uproar has beset Australian democracy this year, over questions of nationhood. Who is it that decides for the nation? Australia is unequivocal – only Australians can. New Zealand descendants are among the nationals recently evicted from Australia’s parliament….

General elections 2017

Nominations are open, for CommunityVoice.nz candidates to stand in the 2017 general elections, via our Contact page. See our Candidates and Policy pages.

Local elections 2016

This was the Candidates page content, from Aug-Oct 2016 (Archive). CommunityVoice.nz Ōtautahi Christchurch – Silenced communities of Christchurch gain candidates to contest representative seats: Spreydon ward Community Board A mother, trained in law and an experienced civil servant, I live in Addington. A volunteer with Catholic Worker, I stand for social justice. Homelessness and poverty concern me. Street…

The Press interview 23.9.16

SWIMMABLE RIVERS Yes and no – you have this now, at your own risk. That will always be the case, given dense waterfowl on lower reaches and human impacts like urban stormwater, trace chemicals, pet faeces and trash debris, not to mention intensive farming. So we must spare no effort to clean up all rivers, to…

Christchurch water referendum

Media Release: CommunityVoice.NZ 15 September, 2016 Canterbury residents soon have their first say on regional governance for nine years. Limited elections to Environment Canterbury will put seven local councilors at the decision-making table from October 2016. These will be joined by up to six government appointees, some of them current commissioners, including two representing Ngai…

Ōtākaro/Avon River Park

The Avon Ōtākaro river Network (AvON) conducted a council candidate survey, late August 2016. The Community Voice answers to the AvON questions posed are: 1. Do you support a multipurpose city-to-sea River Park? Yes, it will become a spectacular, diverse and sustainable asset for all of Waitaha Canterbury and Aotearoa New Zealand. 2. Do you…

Keep housing affordable

Housing costs are getting out of hand. Strategies to keep housing affordable for everyone are needed. Initiative to bulk supply entry level housing is missing from all levels of government, who too cruelly see housing as investment rather than human right. Council housing tenants need management that engages with them and cares for their situation,…

Water quality priority

Water supply disaster at Havelock North spotlights the thin line of regulatory protection for what we value most in Canterbury quality of life too – a pure water environment. So how do we preserve clean waters and improve them where they are compromised? Community Voice campaigns for election to Environment Canterbury now and this is why…

ECan / CCC campaign starts

With all the challenges Environment Canterbury faces we have decided to help them out. With your help, of course – a voting public can achieve just about anything, on a good day! We also have a Christchurch City Council campaign running for the Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board. Watch our Candidates page for more information coming soon.. And…