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Seven senior executives resigned from the Canterbury District Health Board within just a few weeks. Top L-R: Support executive director Carolyn Gullery, chief digital officer Stella Ward, chief executive David Meates. Bottom L-R: Chief financial operator Justine White, Canterbury Medical Officer Sue Nightingale, nursing executive director Mary Gordon, people officer Michael Frampton. The resignations followed months of mounting tension between the senior staff and their health board, which was under increasing pressure from the Ministry of Health to reduce its forecast deficit of nearly $180 million. Board member James Gough said the board would interview the four outstanding short-listed candidates on Thursday.
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These five main routes will all have bus lanes on them under the proposed $115m 10-year plan. “To look at the patronage of the buses now and look where it will go over 10 years, I’m not so sure this is the best investment given the competing interests we have for our money,” he said. The council has dedicated $60m towards the bus improvements, which aims to increase patronage from 14 million trips this year to 20 million by 2028. MacDonald s cost argument was shot down by Cr Sara Templeton, who said the cost of inaction would be greater. “Investing in our future now will save future generations from the economic, social and environmental impacts of climate change from being as bad as they are currently predicted,” she said.