A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
Re: Too small to be fragmented, June 30 column.
The purpose of my column, referred to by Mr Bibby, was to provide a new perspective on how we could achieve economic prosperity. The suggestion was we could attempt an indirect approach to economic prosperity by focusing on “our” people, “our”
businesses and “our” wellbeing.
My approach was broad and inclusive. Implicitly, it was about economic prosperity for all. I refer to “our” people and businesses. It said “let’s decide to build a great city designed for success, productivity and connection — to make Gisborne a place where success happens”. It talks about success, connection and productivity for Gisborne, the place. I was sharing the idea or view that to make Gisborne a place where success happens, we need “a city that supports success”.
Mr Bibby’s column provides a great opportunity to expand on this idea and explain more fully what was meant, and to show his concerns are not warranted. Here goes:
Imagine a smaller circle inside a larger circle. For clarity, the smaller circle is our city; the larger circle is our region, or place — Gisborne, Tairawhiti (whichever you like to use). Both circles exist together, with the smaller circle “embedded” inside the larger circle, and each dependent on the other.
