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(Pericles c495 BC)
Cabinet appoints a Crown Manager for Kaipara
"Yipee! Another three years in the trough."
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As we know Greg Gent has put his hand up for Mayor in the forthcoming elections. Two candidates for councillors have announced that they will be standing: Peter Wethey in Otamatea and Anna Curnow in West Coast Central.
Peter Wethey's details can be seen here and Anna Curnow's details are here
The Tiller/McKerchar regime illustrated a sublime mix of incompetence and arrogance in exercising the powers delegated to them under the LGA and the LGRA. But they are not alone. We have seen the commissioners' arrogant disdain for consultation with the community and that even continues whilst some of them are packing their bags ready for their next junket.
This whole business of the wastewater polluting the Mangawhai Harbour and the proposal for a bylaw compelling onsite sewerage systems to have a warrant of fitness, superbly illustrates that the mix of incompetence and arrogance is still thriving in Kaipara.
If the Harbour is polluted then action should be taken. But the first question is to ascertain by scientific testing whether the Harbour is polluted. And that means proper, professional and comprehensive testing, not just urban myths and hearsay.
Readers of the Mangawhai Focus will be horrified to read that the new testing process recommended by Honest John's carefully selected Advisory Panel is, according to the letter from Barbara Pengelly only testing a few locations in the Harbour and ignoring the sites that are the most important. So the results that we will be bombarded with will be totally baseless and will no doubt reach conclusions based on scanty evidence but massive doses of spin.
Apparently the Advisory Panel have rebuffed suggestions of a more comprehensive study.
It amazes me how people of some intelligence and experience allow themselves to be influenced by political persuasions and predetermined outcomes when approaching matters that require nothing more than honest and thorough scientific analysis. But give these folks a bit of power and their values seem to evaporate.
Just when is the spin and bullshit going to end?
Associate Local Government Minister Louise Upston and appointee Crown Manager Peter Winder have already been taken to task on this website for their deceptive comments about the role of the Crown Manager. The spin and misleading statements continue with the article in this week's Mangawhai Focus headed "Crown Manger to support Kaipara District Council".
The "support" that is mentioned is not what one might expect, that is a subordinate, helping role to advise the elected council in making its decisions. The only way that it is supportive is in the sense that a large part of the council's responsibility is taken away from it and becomes the sole domain of the Crown Manager.
There are certain no-go areas that the democratic council cannot tread, where the Crown Manager has complete and exclusive powers to make decisions without any reference to the elected council.
These powers are spelt out in full in the terms of reference.
Peter Winder is quoted in the Focus article as saying that the terms of reference do not have to be carried out to the nth degree. That is simply not true. That is the statutory role that he has been appointed to and those are his statutory powers.
Ratepayers can rest assured that those powers will be used to their full if that proves necessary.
Look at the following scenarios. Say, a liberal council is elected which wants to:
• Challenge the validity of the EcoCare debts on the basis that they were not entered into in good faith and therefore not protected transactions.
• Remit all of the vindictive penalties added to the rates of rate strikers.
• Issue legal proceeding in the High Court against Jack McKerchar and the former councillors for negligence.
• Issue proceedings in the High Court against the KDC's former consultants and lawyers.
• Withdraw the legal claims outstanding against ratepayers.
• Take action to comply with the rulings of Duffy J in the High Court
• Issue legal proceedings for negligence against the commissioners
The truth is that no matter what the elected councillors want to do and no matter what the ratepayers want them to do, they will have absolutely no say in any of these matters. Any decision will be made by the Crown Manager in conjunction with John Key, his cabinet and the Department of Internal Affairs. Such a decision will be based strictly on political considerations. Those considerations are:
• Ratepayers are to be held solely responsible for all unlawful debts.
• All those who work in or for local government are to be exempted from any legal liability
• All unlawful actions of a local authority are to be retroactively validated by Parliament.
• All rate strikers and whistle-blowers are to be penalised with draconian penalties to discourage protests.
The government is desperately trying to pull down the curtain on the murky past of Kaipara as though it is all over and done. But the skeletons of the past still haunt the present as the judgment of Duffy J will hopefully highlight. A finding that the rates for many, many years, and including the current year, are unlawful is not part of the past. It is a massive problem for the present that must be resolved by the elected representatives of ratepayers and not by a government stooge.
And what of the illegal debt? John Key is happy to dump it on Kaipara ratepayers for generations to come and try and stop ratepayers from continuing the challenge, but the reality is that the viability of Kaipara in the present, and for generations to come, depends on that debt being shared amongst those who are responsible.
Peter Winder may project himself in his new role as an obedient monkey dancing to the tune of the organ-grinder. The reality is that he is an 800 pound gorilla who, when the time is ripe, will crush the organ-grinder and his organ.
The spin
The reality
"Let me make myself perfectly clear ...."
In the same article Peter Winder mentions that the next appointment is that of the Crown Observer whose brief will be as a "critical friend" with no decision-making power. That is at odds with the Local Goverment Act and it will be interesting to see what spin accompanies the announcement of that appointment.
The odds are shortening on Honest John getting the nod.
Readers will be sad to learn that Bill Guest, farmer and ex KDC councillor passed away on the weekend. Whilst a councillor Bill was an outspoken critic of the the council under Neil Tiller and Jack McKerchar.
Full details can be seen in the Northern Advocate here.
RIO, IOC and KDC 26.07.2016
The media is ablaze with negative comments about the IOC being gutless in not banning Russia from the Rio games. The local press sits on its high horse and takes the high principled approach.
But where was that same media over the last few years when John Key and his Cabinet (with the help of its appointed minions) did everything they could to cover up the outrageous and persistent illegalities of the Kaipara District Council?
Where was the media when Key and Co threw the rule of law and the fundamentals of democracy out of the window to ensure that the innocent ratepayers of Kaipara were dumped with unlawful rates and unlawful debts?
Since then John Key's appointed henchmen have ensured that all those responsible for the Kaipara debacle escape from any liability, and, even when the new "democratic" council is in place in August, John Key and his Cabinet will still be able to prevent any pursuit of the guilty parties through his directly appointed Bovver Boy, the Crown Manager.
John Key and his Cabinet make the IOC look quite tame. At least the IOC has not retrospectively validated all the negative drug tests of Russian athletes, taken steps to ensure that only Russians are awarded medals at Rio, and enacted new rules to impose intimidatory fines on protesting athletes from other countries.
The deadline for submissions on the wastewater drainage policy and bylaw is next Monday 1 August.
For full details go here.
It is best if you draft your own comments and do not use the KDC online form which like all such forms from the KDC is drafted in such a way that you automatically approve the actions they are taking but have only a limited say on peripheral matters.
Feel free to use any comments on this website.
We should be taking every step we can to ensure that the rights to consultation are fully observed by the commissioners. They rely on the apathy of ratepayers to push through their crazy ideas (eg the insane idea to turn Magical Mangawhai into a tank farm), but cannot cope if a large section of the community comes out against them. So hassle all your friends and get them to make a submission and stop this warrant of fitness nonsense until we have a new council and until we have scientific proof that the Harbour is actually polluted and, if so, what is responsible for the pollution.
With some hesitation this website has opened a page on Facebook. See the link above.
Please take a look and feel free to post your opinions on matters relating to the issues that the website deals with. I am struggling to come to terms with the Facebook process, so any help would be appreciated.
The right to make decisions in respect of water is being transferred to iwi and now the control of the sea is being placed in their hands as well, without any of us knowing about it. The control of the Hauraki Gulf is being transferred to a Board whose majority is made up of unelected tribal represntatives.
Read Fiona McKenzie's article A Grab for the Gulf here.
OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS - Remarkable quotes
On Winston Peters
Ed Said in Mangawhai Focus on Winston Peters' speech in Kaipara.
Remember the TV sitcom Seinfeld?
It ran successfully for nine seasons and was often described as being "a show about nothing". That was exactly what Winston delivered without most recognising it.
On Democracy
Ed Said in Mangawhai Focus:
We heard that, while local body minister Amy Adams* encouraged locals to vote in the upcoming elections she never once mentioned the word 'democracy.' So What?? According to many, New Zealand hasn't arguably been democratic for some time. Perhaps Winston (there's that name again) Churchill had it right when he said "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
*Actually it was Louise Upston
On Mangawhai Harbour Pollution
KDC statement of proposal on wastewater drainage policy and bylaw (4.1 Sensitive receiving environments):
There is well documented evidence and acceptance that privately owned onsite wastewater systems at Mangawhai have contributed to the degradation of the water quality in the Mangawhai Harbour with associated public health, safety and environmental issues.
Commissioner John Robertson in the Mangawhai Focus (slow to download):
You may be surprised to know that little testing has been done in the past; to understand harbour health a systematic and co-ordinated approach is needed that gives us knowledge of trends relating to the harbour's health.
Any day soon we can expect Associate Local Government Minister, Louise Upston, to announce who is to be fill the vacant space at the Kaipara trough.
Peter Winder, one of the three commissioners, has been appointed as Crown Manager and we now await the appointment of his co-ruler, the Crown Observer.
There is strong betting in favour of Honest John, so that effectivelyy the situation will not change with the Robertson-Winder diarchy still running the show.
The rocky road to Democracy in Kaipara
Because of their failure to consult properly the commissioners have now extended the consultation period for this statement of proposal until 1 August 2016.
Ratepayers are encouraged to read the proposals, read the criticism on this website and elsewhere, formulate thei own views, and then make submissions to the KDC on or before 1 August.
Details of the proposals and submission form can be seen here .
You are encouraged not to use the KDC submission form as the questions are all geared towards an acceptance of the proposal, with your views only relevant for minor issues.
Earlier posts can be seen on this page - scroll down
The main issues that you need to consider are:
1. Should the commissioners, who have no democratic mandate, be pushing through with indecent haste a new policy and a new bylaw when they only have two months of their regime left? This is the sort of issue that must be left to a democratically elected council.
2. Do the the presumptions on which the whole proposal is based have any basis in fact?
The proposal is based on two factors:
* The Mangawhai Harbour is polluted
* Onsite sewerage systems are the cause of the problem.
The proposal states categorically:
4.1 Sensitive receiving environments
There is well documented evidence and acceptance that privately owned onsite wastewater systems at Mangawhai have contributed to the degradation of the water quality in the Mangawhai Harbour with associated public health, safety and environmental issues. Onsite wastewater systems are still a concern for the ongoing health of sensitive receiving environments.
Suspecting that there is no such "well documented evidence", I sought more information from the KDC under the Official Information Act..
The reply that I received from Linda Osborne of the Council can be viewed here. My comments on the response can also be viewed.
The recently appointed Crown Manager for Kaipara, Peter Winder, has commenced his spin campaign to minimise and misrepresent his role in the yet to be elected council.
In a response to a Radio New Zealand enquiry Mr Winder said he would have authority to make decisions relating to debt and rates but the government's terms of reference make it clear he must consult and support the councillors.
The problem is that the terms of reference state nothing of the sort.
They state quite categorically that the Crown Manager is to take responsibility for existing and future legal actions relating to EcoCare and the setting of rates. In other words the decision-making in these areas is the sole domain of the Crown Manager.
The only reference to consultation with councillors relates to only two matters:
The Crown Manager must consult the elected Council before he or she decides to initiate new legal actions or discontinue current legal actions.
Two specific matters, and consultation only. And we all know that consultation commissioner-style is nothing more than a charade.
In fact section 258D(4) of the LGA states that the Crown Manager "must direct the local authority". And on the other side of the coin, section 258D states that a local authority must (a) co-operate with a Crown Manager, and (b) comply with the directions of a Crown Manager.
The LGA gets even more draconian. Under section 258F(1)(b), the Minister can appoint a Commission to take over the council (and terminate the powers of the elected members) "if the local authority refuses or is unable to comply with a direction of a Crown Manager".
Peter Winder and his henchmen have a track record of simply acting on instructions from Wellington without any consultation, even where they have a clear legal obligation to consult. They launched the Validation Bill without any consultation with ratepayers and in doing so reneged unilaterally on the understanding with the former elected Council that the issue of illegal rates would be a joint decision between the Council and ratepayers.
Peter Winder has a reputation as an uncompromising bully-boy and there is absolutely no doubt that he has been appointed a Crown Manager to prevent a new, liberal council from pursuing those responsible for the unlawful losses of the KDC, from refunding the vicious and unconscionable penalties imposed on rate strikers, from challenging the "good faith" of ABNAmro in its protected transactions with the KDC, and from instituting proceedings against the commissioners for their dismal failure in taking action, or failing to take action promptly, to recover the unlawful losses of the KDC.
His job is to keep the lid well and truly on Pandora's Box and protect the reputation of those who have plundered the KDC and its ratepayers, and the reputation of those who have failed in their duties and sat by and let the plunder happen.
He is also there to take control of the fall-out that the government expects from the decision of Duffy J in the High Court. The government is wetting itself in anticipation of the broad implications that any pro-ratepayer judgment will have on not only Kaipara but the whole of local government.
Peter Winder's role is to ensure that the new council or ratepayers have no control over or say in the outcome. The government already has a plan in place to cripple any court decision and Peter Winder will move as soon as the decision is delivered.
We are now waiting to see who will be appointed as Crown Observer, the other eight hundred pound gorilla, to ensure that the new council does not wander off the path laid out by John Key.
Doug Bone (ratepayer)
As you say, we have been well and truly stitched up!
Then there is the position of Mayor. If Gent stands, and nobody else bothers, then that will effectively be another Government appointment.
Then there are the Councillors. You can bet that most have already been hand-picked by the Commissars and had their brainwashing. Of course there will be a couple of token gestures in the form of "real" candidates, for what they will be worth.
So what the hell can we do ???
The sad thing is that most ratepayers are blissfully unaware of what is happening. They all think we've seen the last of the Commissioners after this Election.
RBR (ratepayer)
This ******* who has been put in to lord it over Kaipara's ratepayers, will be a full time operator and he will charge $900.00 per day, for up to 7 days per week for three years.
Nothing in his brief says that he cannot charge for 7 days of each week and if he does that he will be collecting $328,000 per year, plus all expenses, such as accommodation and travel. But even if he has all the weekends off he will be costing us $234,000. So, the rates from somewhere between fifty and one hundred properties will be swallowed up by this totally unaccountable government-imposed autocrat.
And be aware, he cannot be held accountable for anything that he does, even if it has the effect of bankrupting the district, because, so long as he can show that he acted in "good faith" (which will be a determination made solely by his mate, the minister) he is absolutely unaccountable.
What is it going to take to wake this community up?
Levi (ratepayer):
We have witnessed :
• government flunkies appointed to dispel any democratic considerations;
• extension of their term to thwart the promised return to democracy;
• a charade of an election that will result in a council that will have no say in running the district in accordance with government dictates;
• appointment of a new CEO who apparently has a checkered background and no experience of local government;
• and now - appointment of a Crown Manager (who will be boss) and a CrownObserver (adviser to the boss). We will have to pay for these people (at $900 a day plus expenses) as well as a mayor and elected councillors.
It appears that any outcome from the legal actions against the KDC and/or the NRC is being cut off at the pass - before any judgment has even been issued.
Also any thought of taking action against the numerous parties responsible for this mind-numbing treachery has been sideswiped by government decree.
Just how far are the ratepayers of Kaipara willing to be pushed and manipulated so that government wishes can be carried out?
Isn't it well past time we stood together to protest against all this slavery?
On the national stage Prime Minister John Key is struggling to exert any leadership as he ducks and dives and dithers over Auckland's problems. His lack of planning, his ad hoc approach and his lack of solutions is making him look more and more "clueless" by the day.
He is looking like a hunted man, brittle and out of his depth.
Brexit in the UK, the Trump phenomenon in the US, and the split election in Australia have all sent out warnings that the underclasses are sick and tired of governments pandering to the elite. But John Key seems unable to read the new political climate and seems unable to take any actions that might offend those who have enriched themselves under his regime.
The underclasses seem to be irrelevant in his considerations and by ignoring the winds of popular opinion his political future has become very much aligned to the housing crisis in Auckland.
He has now committed an act of extreme arrogance that in the end may be the trigger for his political downfall. With his Teflon John image and what is termed a Third Term Arrogance he has shown less and less consideration for fairness and justice, has become more autocratic, with the result that many former supporters are leaving him in droves.
This latest action on Kaipara is the icing on the cake. No doubt he thinks that he can slide it through without it being noticed and tart it up with a heavy dose of spin, but his attack on the people of Kaipara and their right to democracy is nothing more than shameful.
The announcement a couple of days ago from Associate Minister of Local Government Louise Upston (see earlier posts) about the appointment of Peter Winder as Crown Manager was full of her usual deceptive understatements. She emphasised that the Crown Manager and the Crown Observer are being appointed to help and support a new, inexperienced council.
The reality is different. The actual terms of reference of the Crown Manager were not referred to by Louise Upston, and not surprisingly. They are, in a word, brutal.
They can be seen here.
In short, the Crown Manager will be:
taking responsibility for any outstanding and future legal actions relating to the development of the Scheme, and the setting or collection of rates during and prior to the Kaipara Commission's term on the Council's behalf.
This is spelt out in detail:
Extent of Authority
The Crown Manager will manage outstanding and future legal actions relating to the development of the Scheme and the setting or collection of rates during and prior to the Kaipara Commission's term on behalf of the newly elected Council, including the following matters:
• The Council's legal action against the Council's former Chief Executive;
• any additional legal actions against any party relating to the development or operation of the Scheme prior to 2013;
• the judicial review action against the Council challenging the legality of rates and penalties relating to the 2011/12 to 2015/16 rating years (CIV-2015-488-95);
• any additional legal actions against the Council relating to rates for the 2016/17 rating year and prior rating years; and
• any legal action that is required by the Council to collect rates due for the 2016/17 rating year and prior rating years.
The Crown Manager is therefore able to:
• make decisions relating to the legal actions within their management responsibilities, including the power to initiate and manage new legal actions, or discontinue current legal actions, that fall within their responsibilities;
• direct the Council to act, as appropriate, to address the legal actions within their management responsibilities; and
• make recommendations to the Minister of Local Government as to whether the Minister should take any further action in relation to the Council, including whether the Minister should appoint another Ministerial body to the Council.
Note that the powers relate to past issues and to future issues. This is clearly intended to counter any adverse outcome from the judgment of Duffy J that is due out soon. It appears the government expects an adverse finding from the High Court and has taken the matter out of the hands of the elected council and will manage the issue itself.
Apparently it also expecting that the 2016/2017 rates will be unlawful following the judgment of Duffy J and the enforcement of those rates will be pursued directly by the Crown.
This edict comes from the top. It was decided by Cabinet on 30 May following the High Court action against the KDC and the NRC. So effectively John Key will be running Kaipara with the assistance of the Department of Internal Affairs.
But that is not all. Not only are Kaipara ratepayers losing their democracy but they are being forced to pay the costs of the Crown Manager who has usurped their democratic rights.
Peter Winder will be paid $900 a day plus expenses and that must be paid by the Council. It becomes a debt owing to the Crown and will be enforced by the Crown if not paid.
There has been no announcement in respect of the Crown Observer and what the terms of reference are, but the remuneration will be on the same basis.
We were forced to pay for the commissioners who were foisted on us, but at least there was no Mayor and councillors to pay over and above.
Under the new regime there will be a Mayor and councillors, an inexperienced chief executive with limited powers, and the two Crown appointments.
That is the cost of being denied democracy under John Key's regime.
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My comments in the post below about recovering losses from other parties have been superseded by the new information. It was always presumed that the commissioners were receiving their instructions from Wellington. The pretence is now over. John Key will direct operations and there will be no recoveries of money from anyone else. And that is irrespective of what we as ratepayers want, and irrespective of what our elected representatives decide.
We have been well and truly stitched up.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has come out with a stinging attack on the appointment of Peter Winder as the Crown Manager for Kaipara.
In a Press Release he states that the appointment of a government "mate" is unbelievable. He adds that the whole episode of the Mangawhai sewerage scheme has been a farce under National.
In respect of the Crown Manager he says:
This is an undemocratic move – the Crown Manager will be in control and the council will be told to shut up.
It is expected that his comments will be more biting once he views the terms of reference of the Crown Manager.
For those who missed Peter's speech (Why denial of full democracy?) in Mangawhai recently, the full transcript can be seen here
In the speech he challenges the commitment of the people of Kaipara to protect their own democracy from the onslaught of central government:
This is a tawdry exercise in deception and with respect you ratepayers in Mangawhai have got to make a decision. It's not a complicated choice. It's whether you are going to tolerate duplicity, deceit and non-accountability where your interests are concerned.
In the 2014 General Election and in the 2015 by-election there is clear evidence that a great number of voters here are prepared to reward deceit and severe unfair economic treatment.
In short they went out and gave their vote to a political party that caused them to be financially oppressed as though such appalling central government behaviour was of little moment to them. The question tonight is, if some of these people don't want help to have a serious wrong righted, as their vote suggests, then none of us can help.
It is over to you. If you want to fight back you have to decide to join the fight.
Now that the claim against the KDC has been settled, I examine here the responsibility of other parties for the EcoCare losses and what action should be taken against them.
Peter Winder, one of the two Kaipara commissioners, has been appointed to be Crown Manager for Kaipara following the election of a new council in October. His appointment is for three years.
Peter Winder - John Key's Crown Manager for Kaipara
Details of his appointment can be seen here.
The announcement by Louise Upston, Associate Minister of Local Government states:
"Mr Winder will support Council members by taking responsibility for legal actions relating to past issues on their behalf. This will allow Council members to focus on the District's future."
This confirms the announcement of 31 May 2016 when she announced the appointment of a Crown Manager and Crown Observer, when she said
"I will appoint a Crown Manager to take responsibility for certain outstanding legal actions, on behalf of the newly-elected Council. Newly-elected Council members will then be able to focus on providing effective governance and on the District's future, rather than being distracted by past issues.
If you read behind the smoke and mirrors, what it means is that the statutory powers of the elected council will be limited so that it will have no power to make any decisions relating to legal actions concerning past issues.
There is no doubt that the commissioners receive their instructions direct from the government. They have been instructed by the government and carried out the wishes of the government.
Returning democracy to Kaipara has created a head-ache for John Key. His concern was that a newly elected liberal council might start acting in the best interests of the ratepayers and undo much of the work of the commissioners. It might sue Jack McKerchar for negligence (not just make a claim in the Employment Court), sue the former councillors, and others who were responsible for the EcoCare losses.
It might, heaven forbid, even sue the commissioners for breach of their fiduciary duty to ratepayers and their failure to act in the best interests of ratepayers. For instance, they failed to file proceedings promptly against the former CEO, the former councillors and the Auditor-General, and as a result the KDC has lost many millions of dollars that it could have recovered if the commissioners had acted, and acted promptly.
The appointment of a Crown Manager and a Crown Observer has solved the problem. Democracy is to be returned but in name only and the actual decision-making will be shifted directly on to government agents
In fact, John Key has emasculated the new democratic council even before it is voted in and he will directly control the Crown Manager and dictate what decisions are to be made and which actions are to be taken. The commissioners were just a charade. They purported to act on behalf of ratepayers but the reality is that the government was pulling their strings.
All pretence has now gone. The "local" has been taken out of local government in respect of Kaipara because it will be run directly by central government in Wellington.
Someone who is privy to Louise Upston told me recently that I was wrong in my interpretation of the role of the Crown Manger. He and the other selected supporters of the commissioners were told by Louise Upston that the Crown Manager only had an advisory role.
Not true. Read the words of the announcements and you will see that the Crown Manager will have sole responsibility for legal actions relating to past issues. Democratically elected councillors will not only have no say, they are obliged by the provisions of the LGA to comply with the instructions of the Crown Manger. If they don't, they will be gone by lunch-time.
The terms of reference, when they are published, will no doubt spell out the role in more detail.
Peter Winder's appointment is ironic. Not so long ago his consultancy firm gave an award of excellence to the KDC (which effectively consists of himself and Honest John) with A-G Lyn Provost being one of the Judges.
Section 258D of the LGA states that "the Minister may appoint a Crown Manager to a local authority if the Minister has received a written request from the local authority to do so".
So Peter Winder (as a commissioner) writes to the Minister and requests the appointment of a Crown Manager, and then gets appointed to the role himself.
Are we now waiting to hear that Honest John will be the Crown Observer?
Apparently that role is advisory. According to Louise Upston the Crown Observer is being appointed "to help ensure newly-elected Council members are well supported. The Crown Observer will not be involved in decision-making and will only offer advice or guidance".
The problem is that this does not accord with the Observer's statutory role and powers set out in the LGA. The role of a Crown Observer is to help resolve a specific problem and not act as an advisor. In fact elected councillors are obliged to co-operate with the Crown Observer.
So the Crown Manager deals with the past and the Crown Observer deals with the present and future and the elected councillors simply go into public excluded session to rubber stamp all of the decisions of central government.
And that's democracy in New Zealand in 2016.
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When I talk to prospects and clients about their off-premise catering requirements, many of them tell me that they want a program that is scalable and predictable. They want a program that will make it easy to grow as they open additional restaurants and franchises.
Scalability is an important component of the restaurant industry. So is predictability. I am certain that one leads to the other. Our industry has performed wonderfully by replicating predictable and scalable restaurants. Without it, the biggest players in the industry would simply cease to exist. And if that happened, where would the rest of us be?
The idea of scalability and predictability is no different when it comes to layering a successful off-premise service component on top of your existing restaurant infrastructure. In fact, reliability, predictability and scalability are three objectives restaurant operators must focus on at all times when developing their off-premise sales channel.
Ahh... But here's the million dollar question: How do we scale a "new business," with completely different demands, on top of an infrastructure that is aging and has been designed for a totally different market and experience?
It's time to be thoughtful. It's time to think of the off-premise sales opportunity as the fastest growing opportunity our restaurants have. There is no sales lift bigger that we can seek than filling the off-premise demand for our consumers.
If you can design a reliable, predictable and scalable off-premise experience for your team and your customers, you will impact your unit-level profits like never before — the flow-thru of these sales to the bottom line is substantial and very different than your in-store sales traffic.
As restaurant operators we must continue to raise the bar on the dedication and standards needed to excel in this new business channel. And the fact that these standards remain underdeveloped in our industry is both a community challenge and opportunity. I'd like to see certification; A catering institute focused exclusively on solving these issues.
As an industry, if we invest in creating reliability, predictability and scalability in our catering and off-premise channel it will grow for many years to come. It will be AMAZING!
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Stars lend names, sometimes more, to labels
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine.
OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's new Miraval rose, move on to a light pasta dish served with Barrymore Wines' pinot grigio, then perhaps finish up with a glass of Aykroyd's cabernet franc ice wine for dessert.
It's hard to put a number on celebrity wines, a category that includes singers, sports stars, chefs and more. But Danny Brager, vice president for alcoholic beverages at market research firm Nielsen, says there's close to 100 on the market at the moment. "It keeps growing all the time," he said.
With thousands and thousands of wines out there, having a recognizable name on the label can help. "Just breaking through the clutter can be hugely difficult, and I think that's where a recognized name just in and of itself can help break through that clutter," said Brager.
Interestingly, the average price for all 750-milliliter bottles of wine in the Nielsen database is $9. Average price for celebrity wines: $20. That could be due to a number of factors, including the type of wine the celebrity is selling – some are drawn to high-end efforts. Still, "it's a significant gap," Brager points out.
Jasper Russo, the fine-wine buyer for Sigel's wine and spirits store in Dallas, recently held a tasting of celebrity wines, including Miraval, a partnership between Jolie and Pitt and the Perrin French winemaking family. "When you have someone with that kind of serious winemaking background, that's going to tell you something," Russo said.
True wine aficionados are "going to judge the wine based on what the wine tastes like in the glass. But you have lots of customers who are not that picky about the wine. For them, wine is just a hedonistic experience. They don't want to analyze the wine; they just want to enjoy it," he said. "If you're a Brangelina fan, it's cool to have that on the table."
Miraval retails for about $24.99 and is made from grapes grown at Chateau Miraval, Pitt and Jolie's place in the south of France. "I was prepared for it to be not quite as good and I'd still be able to sell it, but I was happy with the quality," Russo said.
Levels of celebrity involvement vary from not much at all to sitting in on blending sessions to taking an active role in the winery.
And then there's renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli of Bocelli Family Wines, who put a new twist on the celebrity wine connection. Born into an Italian winemaking family, Bocelli pursued a singing career and has since returned to his roots helping promote the family wines.
Bocelli's singing career, which is ongoing, had a direct effect on the winery, said Joshua Hanson, director of Seattle-based August Wine Group, importer for Bocelli Family Wines since 2005 and co-owner of the brand. When the tenor began traveling the world with his career, he learned more about wine, bringing back some of the world's best bottles as well as information on the latest in cellar techniques to share with his late father, Alessandro, and brother Alberto, the chief winemaker and estate manager.
The family brought in professionals to help elevate their wines and now make small quantities of high-end wines exclusively from their own grapes. They also have partnered with local growers to make a sangiovese, Bocelli Rosso Toscana, and Bocelli Prosecco sparkling wine, which have a suggested retail price of $20 each.
While Andrea Bocelli is involved in promoting the wines – and has been known to burst into a little impromptu song at tasting events – the labels don't carry anything but the family name.
"Our whole strategy from day one has been to ground it continually in their generational history," Hanson said.
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Beautiful getawayPosted Jul 21, 2016
We stayed for 4 nights as part of our honeymoon. Beautiful facilities - everything you need for a relaxing getaway. Pool, beach, gym, spa all fantastic. Great selection of restaurants within the hotel: we tried all 4 for dinner and had a good experience each time. Only cons were that, firstly, we found the front desk/concierge staff were not as friendly/welcoming as the staff in all other areas of the hotel. On a couple of occasions we got the feeling they didn't particularly want to help us and just wanted to be done with us asap. Secondly, this is a family hotel and so there were a lot of small children around. Not a massive issue but just something to be aware of as you will sometimes encounter hyper/upset kids while trying to relax!
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Great Hotel, well situated to the beach and SplitPosted Jul 17, 2016
Pros: Check in staff and the concierge staff.
Cons: The night staff at the Champagne Bar.
Location: Location was great. Beach access from the hotel very close and the old town of Split was twenty minutes away by hotel shuttle. Very convenient.
Hotel staff were great at check in. The concierge service was excellent as were all of the facilities and restaurant staff. We had no problems except for one night at the Champagne Bar. Staff were ill informed and rude. Thankfully it was a one off. The rest of the time spent was excellent.
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Nice hotel with 5 star facilitiesPosted Jul 14, 2016
Pros: Comfortable with friendly staff.Good access to sea
Cons: Sand rather than rocky beach
Location: Nearly 10 Km from Split but quite convenient shuttle bus.Plenty of tourist options
Enjoyable stay rather spoiled by outrageous mark-up on price of wine(BYOB)
by A verified traveler from GB
Nice location overlooking the marina and beachPosted Jun 28, 2016
Had an enjoyable 2 night stay, but could happily have stayed longer! Thoroughly recommend getting a sea view room that over looks the marina as the view is incredible! Only downside was there was no kettle in the room...
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Hotel close to beachPosted Jun 27, 2016
Close to beach & water activities. Hotel staff was very helpful with all kinds of suggestions and very friendly. We will definitely go back again if we come to Croatia again.
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close to beachPosted Jun 16, 2016
Hotel only had one working elevator and large tour group staying in hotel. All other lesser star Croatian properties have offered free parking and wifi. Le Meridien came with a hefty charge. Areas of the hotel needed cleaning and updating.
by A verified traveler from Panama
Honeymoon in SplitPosted Jun 13, 2016
Stayed 4 nights, hotel is 4 star for service/staff and 5 star facility -- it really does have everything you need. Its a 15-20 min bus ride to town and hotel food is really good in my opinion. If I ever go back to Split I'd stay here again inspite of rating hotel service as 4 star because after looking around the area, I honestly don't think there are many top options available.
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Posted Jun 5, 2016
Dårlig skår på rommet skyldes alt for faste madrasser. Dette gjaldt alle i mitt reisefølge.
by A verified traveler from Washington, DC
Beautiful view. Inconvenient location.Posted Apr 30, 2016
The hotel is breathtakingly beautiful from the moment you walk in. We were mistakenly placed in a room with a king bed unlike the two double beds we requested but the mistake was quickly remedied. The restaurants were excellent. The staff were all helpful and pleasant. The bartenders at the lobby bar definitely need to work on their cocktail making skills - those were consistently the worst drinks we had in Croatia by far. I was disappointed that a number of amenities listed in the hotel's site are out of service or under construction - sauna, casino, night club, etc. I recognize that it is the off season but their website should be explicit about the months that those amenities will be open so travelers can have full information when booking. Also, the hotel isn't really in Split. It's in Podstrana. If you plan to spend time at the facilities and enjoying the view, then this is the place. If you plan to do more historical, cultural and other events in Split (and it's not high season) you're going to rack up taxi costs.i think there may be a shuttle during off season that wasn't available to us given that we were there in April. If your plan is the latter, consider spending a day at the hotel spa and enjoying the view but basing your trip out of a more convenient location.
by HELOISA from Belo Horizonte
Eu recomendo!Posted Apr 19, 2016 on Hotels
O hotel é maravilhoso! A piscina de borda infinita é magnífica! A piscina interna maravilhosa, com todos os tipos de massagens! A localização do hotel é ótima para quem quer descansar! O hotel é muito bonito e os funcionários muito prestativos! Eu recomendo!


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In September 2006, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised their HIV screening guidelines to increase rates of detection and facilitate early entry into care. Benefits of earlier detection and entry into care include better outcomes for patients themselves and lowered rates of HIV transmission to others because of biological (decreased infectivity as a result of treatment) and behavioral (reductions in risk behavior due to knowledge and counseling) mechanisms [1–4]. The revised CDC guidelines encourage routine testing in all health-care settings for the general population and annual testing for high-risk populations [5]. Nevertheless, financing concerns are a major barrier to implementing the recommendations [6]. If government testing and care programs are underfunded, expanded screening may result in large numbers of newly identified cases who are unable to receive care.
The CDC considered cost-effectiveness evaluations of expanded screening policies in its recent decision [7]. Previous analyses have indicated that expanded HIV screening is cost-effective in many settings [8–10] and alternative targeted screening strategies have also been advocated on efficiency grounds [11]. Nevertheless, efficient policies may not be affordable from a payer's perspective if the stream of financial costs is larger than budget allocations [12]. The budget requirements for government programs to provide HIV testing and appropriate medical care to the entire eligible US population are unknown [11]. It is unclear how expanded screening in the US may differentially affect discretionary government programs funded by fixed annual appropriations versus entitlement programs with budgets that automatically expand as demand increases. This question is particularly timely given the recent reauthorization legislation in the US Congress for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RW), and passage of health-care reform legislation.
We conducted a budget impact analysis of expanded HIV screening using a published simulation model of HIV screening, disease, and treatment and national data on HIV epidemiology, enrollment in public health-care programs, and program eligibility. We forecasted the impact on government budgets for testing programs, discretionary treatment programs (such as RW), and entitlement programs (Medicaid and Medicare) under current practice and expanded screening scenarios over a 5-year period. We excluded patients covered by the Veterans Administration (VA) because the VA has a distinct single-payer system. We also excluded patients with private insurance to focus on government budgets.
Overview of HIV Finance in the United States
The predominant sources of government funding for HIV care in the United States are the federal-funded Medicare and federal- and state-funded Medicaid entitlement programs, and the discretionary RW [13–16]. Although specific eligibility criteria vary across states, HIV-infected individuals generally qualify for Medicaid after they meet low-income and "disability" criteria. Individuals with sufficient work experience may qualify for Medicare by reaching age 65 or meeting income and "permanent disability" standards [15]. RW is mandated to be a "payer of last resort" and targets uninsured and underinsured HIV-infected individuals, particularly those who have not yet progressed to AIDS. Its federal budget is set annually by Congress, and some state legislatures provide supplementary annual appropriations. The largest components of RW spending are state-administered AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), which finance HIV medications [14,17]. We distinguish between discretionary and entitlement programs in our budget impact analysis because entitlement program budgets automatically expand in response to increased case load. Because of their discretionary structure, RW budgets are more vulnerable to unexpected increases in the number eligible for care.
HIV patient eligibility for public insurance programs fluctuates over time. Patients detected early in their disease may not initially meet disability criteria to qualify for Medicare or Medicaid; however, they may later transition from a discretionary to an entitlement program with age or development of symptomatic illness. In contrast, patients identified late in their disease may be immediately eligible for an entitlement program.


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A Palmerston North judge has criticised the cultural pressures put on Pacific Islanders to give money to churches in New Zealand, after a woman stole more than $27,000 from her workplace to keep up payments to her church.
Ana Fangaiuiha, 37, worked for Countdown in Palmerston North for five years, and was promoted to be a checkout supervisor in January this year. That gave her the power to cash refunds without the permission of others.
She used that power for her own good by falsely refunding 292 items - including beer, groceries and vouchers - and keeping the returned money for herself.
From January to June, she managed to swindle $25,510 in cash and $2091 in vouchers.
When her theft was discovered, she said she was under financial stress because she was sending money to her mother in Tonga and making donations to her local church.
At her sentencing in the Palmerston North District Court yesterday, defence lawyer Mark Alderdice said Fangaiuiha was subjected to cultural pressures. Expectations on her to give to her church were high, as she was one of the higher earners among the congregation.
Her husband had been a lay priest at the church while her mother stayed at home to look after the children. But when Fangaiuiha's mother was deported back to Tonga in January, her husband - the earner of a smaller income than hers while employed by the church - left his job to take care of the children.
Mr Alderdice said that left her as the only income earner, but the family still felt pressure to give payments to the church.
"On top of that was the added pressure of money going back to Tonga to support her mother, and on top of that was the normal payment of bills on a solo income."
Since her theft was discovered, she had lost her job and was now on a Working for Families benefit, he said.
The church, which was not identified in court, had agreed to repay $12,000 they knew Fangaiuiha had given, which would go straight to Countdown, he said.
Judge Les Atkins said it was wrong for the church to put so much pressure on Fangaiuiha.
"It seems the church needs to take responsibility."
But she also should have been more honest, he said. "If she could not afford to pay, she should have said no."
Judge Atkins said she had been "ripping off" the public of New Zealand through her offending, and now the public would be paying her reparation through the benefit it gave.
He sentenced her to nine months' home detention and to repay all the stolen money to Countdown.
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