Angelika with Richard Dear and Helen Broughton

and another very successful Pub Evening. This time we met the locals at JackFlash Bar and Restaurant. Please check my Diary for future opportunities to meet the candidates

Putting up the Signs

It was a warm and sunny day when we put up our signs.

This gave us the opportunity to speak with many residents in the Spreydon/Heathcote ward and listen to their problems and suggestions.

All in all it was a very successful day.

Merivale Meet

Helen McLeod and I are also standing for the Canterbury District Health Board

Independent Citizens Pub Evenings

We are into our second week of Friday night Pub meetings. This week we met with constituents from the Fendalton/Waimari Ward.

Look into events for next week's meeting

Grocery Shopping Goes Green

The Waitakere City Council is taking the first step towards reducing the 'environmental nuisance' of grocery bags, according to today's Sunday Star Times.
The West Auckland council plans to issue 5,000 households with reusable cloth bags and wants to extent this to all city house holds within two years.

While I think it is fantastic that councils are waking up to the possibilities of waste minimisation there are better ways to reduce plastic bags without dipping again into taxpayer's pockets.
Last year one well known chain store has incentivised using their own reusable bags by offering a discount to shoppers who returned to the shop with their reusable bag.

It is great that initiatives like that come from the industry and the uptake would be even better if shop assistants would be encouraged to welcome reusable bags.