The Star: September 15, 2016

4 Thursday September 15 2016
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Mayoral debate
THE TWO candidates vying to
lead the city council will square
off tonight in CTV’s mayoral
debate.
Current Mayor Lianne Dalziel
and John Minto will debate key
issues the city faces, and put
forward some of their campaign
policies ahead of next month’s
local body elections.
They will be asked a raft of
questions by CTV newsreader
Jared McCulloch (below), as well
as two Canterbury University
panellists.
Tonight’s debate is a collaboration
with the New Zealand
Broadcasting School and its students,
and will be live-streamed
on CTV’s website and Star
Media’s Rise Up Christchurch
Facebook page.
It will focus on four topics:
local economy,
anchor projects,
public transport
and community
well-being, before
more general
questions.
Those watching
live in the
audience will
then get the chance to ask the
candidates their own questions.
The first panellist, Dr Ekant
John
Minto
Lianne
Dalziel
Veer, is an associate professor
of marketing. His work focuses
on the role marketing can play
to benefit society and improve
consumer welfare.
The second, Dr Bronwyn Hayward,
is an associate professor of
political sciences.
The debate will run from 7pm-
8pm at New Zealand Broadcasting
School studios, Madras St.
•To stream it live, visit http://
ctv.co.nz/livestream/ or on
the Rise Up Christchurch
Facebook page
CDHB shortfall blows out to $35m
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A spokeswoman for Dr
Coleman said he was not
available to respond to questions
yesterday, and referred them to
the Ministry of Health.
Ministry of Health DHB performance
acting director John
Hazeldine said an independent
review done by Pricewaterhouse
Coopers last year showed the
CDHB was in a “relatively stable
financial position.”
A commissioner was appointed
to run the Southern
DHB last year after it forecast a
$27 million deficit, but he said
there were no plans to do that in
Canterbury.
“The Ministry believes the
board and management team are
•From page 1
“I remember one time, just seeing
him perform in the town hall
with the Christchurch Symphony
Orchestra, he was the pianist up
front. I just have a very strong
visual memory looking down and
seeing my Dad playing the piano.
I really respected that.”
Mr Wood began teaching
Bradley how to play piano when
he was five, before he went on to
capable of returning the DHB to
a sustainable financial position
over the medium term,” he said.
Labour health spokeswoman
Annette King told The Star
yesterday the numbers the
Government was using to
decide how much funding
the CDHB received did
not take into account the
true population increase
or inflation.
She said the CDHB
should have been treated as
a special case funding-wise,
because of the rebuild and health
pressures from the earthquakes.
Board member Jo Kane
(above) said the board had been
asked to slash budgets across
most of its services, but it had all
get lessons from Bronwyn Bijl,
who is now the director of The
Piano.
Ms Bijl has spent more than
five years bringing the new
building to life.
“I just know that my Dad
would be extremely proud of
the work Bronwyn has done,”
Bradley said.
Ms Bijl said the official opening
was a wonderful opportunity
been done behind closed doors.
“I know if our community
really knew what was going on
there would be protests,” she said.
She said the board had already
made as many cuts as it
could, and it was asking
a huge amount of staff
already.
“You can only get so
much blood out of a
stone,” she said.
She said “the blame
squarely lies on the ministry”,
because of its funding model.
“We have still got their hands
around our neck with them
portraying us as not financially
sustainable. What’s not financially
sustainable is the way they
are funding us,” she said.
Emotional day looms for pianist
to acknowledge the influence
and tireless work Mr Wood did
for music in Christchurch.
Tomorrow’s opening ceremony
will begin at 2pm with Ngai
Tuahuriri representatives, Mayor
Lianne Dalziel, National MP
Nicky Wagner and trustees there.
For a gold coin donation, on
Sunday, between 2pm-5pm, the
public can visit The Piano to
have a look at the facility.
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