David Williams: The Influencers
In a day and age where everything happens at lightning speed, there are still times when it pays to take your time – planning a holiday is one of them. While the internet is packed with DIY travel agencies that can see you booking a holiday with a few clicks of […]
Marian Johnson: The Influencers
If the last few months of winter 2019 had a theme for our city’s startup and innovation ecosystem, that theme would be startup funding. As you know, our government’s Wellness Budget allocates $300 million to a fund of funds for startup investment managed by NZ Venture Investment Fund. While our local […]
Dr Megan Woods: The Influencers
Nine years on from the September earthquake, one of the most difficult issues still remaining for people in our city is the case of on-sold overcap properties. This is where a home is damaged in the earthquakes, has an EQC claim or repair, and is then on-sold, only for it to […]
Leeann Watson: The Influencers
Education been in the spotlight in recent months – and a shake-up of the sector has been long overdue. The most significant development has been the decision on the Review of Vocational Education (RoVE), with 16 institutes of technology and polytechnics to be merged into the New Zealand Institute of Skills […]
Ivan Iafeta: The Influencers
Recently, the Christchurch City Council released details of its draft global settlement agreement with the Crown. Since then, there has been much interest in what the city might get out of the agreement, or be left with, as the Crown and Council advance their objective of increased local leadership and normalised arrangements. […]
John Bridgman: The Influencers
No sooner had we started construction on the Metro Sports Facility that the questions started coming in about car parking. It’s great that people are so excited about the facility, so let’s take this opportunity to look at what lies outside of the building. A significant portion of the site is […]
Scott Thelning: The Influencers
The new face of Christchurch city has prompted many of us to look at the CBD afresh and appreciate all it now has to offer. I’m certainly aware that my own family and I spend much more time in the city on the weekends than previously to take advantage of the […]
Marian Johnson: The Influencers
July saw an impressive bump of activity in the city’s startup and innovation ecosystem, beginning with a visit from Minister Megan Woods at one of our city’s young tech companies, Orbica (orbica.co.nz). After checking out Orbica’s location-based data platform, Minister Woods took the opportunity to announce an important update to the […]
Dr Megan Woods: The Influencers
A major priority for our Government is getting New Zealanders into warm, dry homes. As part of this, in our first budget in office we announced the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme. This provides subsidised insulation to low income homeowners to help make old homes warm, safe and dry. A lack of […]
Leeann Watson: The Influencers
On 19 August, The Chamber celebrates 160 years. In that time, we’ve helped businesses through immense change and significant growth – just compare our region’s exports in the first quarter of 1859 of £92,000 to the last quarter of 2018 of $2.2 billion. Back then, The Chamber had a membership of […]
