It included turning old buildings into schools, creating more green spaces with walking tracks and lakes, indoor food-growing facilities, high-rise apartment buildings, solar panels and wind farms, desalination plants to turn seawater into drinking water, and lots of security cameras to make the city safer.
Year 9 teacher Michelle Tili said it was part of a project which looked at what Dunedin could look like in the future, using subjects like history, science and statistics.
Mr Hawkins said the community would do itself a ‘‘disservice’’ if it underestimated the awareness that young people had around the challenges that we face as a community and a city.
"There’s a really strong future focus to the work that is on display here, which is really encouraging."
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They want to emphasize the science part more , wind and solar are not green technologies , we don't live in a desert so don't need a desalination plant which is very energy expensive and if you're powering it with wind and solar you'll have an unreliable supply of water. Which is probably why they'll need to used old buildings for schools because with expensive wind solar and desalination they won't be able to afford new ones . These kids have been brain washed by the church of global warming.
If it takes away vehicles and parking hawkins will be all over it like a cheap suit.
I think there was an omission to the story. The ODT forgot to print the rest of the story. "After viewing the children's submission, mayor Hawkins had milk and cookies with the children and a nap. Demonstrating his daily Mayoral duties to the students so they could fully understand exactly the role of local government. Another successful community engagement for the mayor."
Shame the Mayor is less likely to have meetings with adults, as they may ask hard questions
Council represents all, not just ratepayers.
Councils have no working capital without ratepayers,
Not this council.
Yes Hull, no need to remind us of this unfortunate fact!
Hilarious, it reminds me of our Prime Minister who would rather a photo opportunity with either school children or international media than give straight answers about actual deliverables.
The anti Jacindaite misses the point of the Dunedin story: school children participating in Civil Society.