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Mayor's Expectations for Long-Term Plane 2024-2034
These are expectations I set at the start of the development of our LTP24-34. They reflect what I was comfortably elected by the people of Whakatāne.
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Mayor Talk - Why not Nuclear Energy
The virtues of nuclear fission are many. Cost is not one of them.
vicluca
Apr 188 min read
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Mayor Talk - Planes, Trains & Automobilies
We don't think enough about our dependence on trucking and what might happen if don't get the diesel we need.
vicluca
Apr 184 min read
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Is the New Zealand Health System Being Privatized by Stealth?
30 August 2022 , revised 6 February 2025 Health systems around the world can fall anywhere on a spectrum from what was once the totally...
vicluca
Feb 65 min read
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The Beacon - Mayor Talk Contributions
This post contains a repository of all my Mayor Talk contributions to The Whakatāne Beacon. Download 2024 Contributions
vicluca
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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Speech to the Economic Development Summit
Held in Whakatāne on Friday 20th of September 2024 I reiterate my welcome to the Bay of Plenty and in particular to the Eastern Bay of...
vicluca
Oct 1, 20245 min read
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It Pays to be Skeptical
Victor Luca 4-Oct-21 Dear Editor, Whilst on the campaign trail, I have heard many times, statements by certain candidates that the...
vicluca
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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Beacon Candidate Questionnaire for 2022 Local Body Elections
Victor Luca 15-Sep-22 The following questions and answers were printed in the Beacon of 23 September 2022. MAYORAL QUESTIONS 1. What is...
vicluca
Sep 14, 20227 min read
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A Lifetime of Fishing
Dr Victor Luca, Scientist Published in the Beacon 28-Oct-20 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the...
vicluca
Aug 25, 20225 min read
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Ohiwa Harbor - A Bit of Background
Dr Victor Luca 25-Aug-22 There are two places in which to moor boats in the Whakatāne area. One of those places is the Whakatāne river...
vicluca
Aug 25, 20224 min read
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Three Waters Reform and Drinking Water Quality
Victor Luca Published in The Beacon, 29-Jun-22 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions...
vicluca
Jul 17, 20223 min read
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Warning on Underestimating Risks in Long Term Plan 2021-2031
On the 28-Jun-21 after a meeting to put the final touches on our LTP, I warned council about serious underestimation of economic risks to...
vicluca
Jul 9, 20221 min read
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Socio-economics & Climate Change
Glaciers are on the retreat and permafrost is melting
vicluca
Jun 26, 20227 min read
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Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water
Victor Luca, 24-Dec-21 Figure 1.(a) conventional single stage point-of-use bench-top water filter system, (b) under-bench system with...
vicluca
Mar 17, 20226 min read
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Nuclear Power, Nuclear War and Ukraine
Discussion of nuclear consequences of the Russian war on the Ukraine
vicluca
Mar 13, 20226 min read
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My Position on the Government's 3-Waters Reform Agenda
3-waters reforms, Whakatāne District Council, governance
vicluca
Mar 2, 20229 min read
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COVID Mandates: Rights of Individuals versus the Collective
Victor Luca, 2-Mar-22 Unpublished New Zealand is more a social democracy than a liberal one in the sense that the rights of the...
vicluca
Mar 2, 20224 min read
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Vaccine Adverse Events
COVID-19, vaccine side effects, vaccine adverse events
vicluca
Feb 27, 20226 min read
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Dealing with a Respiratory Virus Two Years On
Dr Victor Luca Published in The Beacon 21-Jan-22 Two years have now passed since COVID-19 first disrupted our lives. On the 8th of April...
vicluca
Jan 19, 20225 min read
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Smoking and COVID-19
Dr Victor Luca Published, Whakatāne Beacon, Wednesday 29-Dec-21 Air pollution is a leading cause of global mortality, being responsible...
vicluca
Jan 17, 20223 min read
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