The Transition Timaru public candidates meeting involved an opening address and questions from the floor followed by a break-out session and a final summary. Held at the Caroline Bay Hall, the meeting was well attended with around 80 people and candidates from both the Rangitata and Waitaki electorates.
For the opening address we were asked to cover our party's position on resource depletion, climate change, the ecological system's decline, the global financial system, the end of economic growth, and well being and flourishing; with a special emphasis on making our community resilient. Here's my opening address: More...