It is deeply sad and rather ironic that the day that the submissions for the Gordon Wilson Housing Scholarship close wth NZIA, the Minister of Everything announces in his usual manner that the Gordon Wilson flats are now “gone burger”. I know that I may be preaching into the ether here, with no one else sticking up for them, but the ironic thing is that the…
Welcome back – yes, I’ve been away, but now I’m back and so welcome back to the readers – if anyone returns with me. There are so many big stories to write about – but so few really attached to stories of Wellington. For instance, the biggest story of the year – decade – century really, is of course the hilarious battle of Dickheads going on…
It has been a long time coming, and at times I doubted that it would ever happen, but the scaffolding is down at last and the wonderful Albemarle Hotel building is revealed for the first time in over a decade or two. Hooray! Time to celebrate! It is not open to the public yet, but I’m hoping that it is getting close. I went past last…
So, Sir Bob Jones has passed away, and the news media is full of tales of politics and drama, speeding tickets and airline alternatives, being nice to nuns and single mothers, the New Zealand Party and of course Rod Vaughan getting punched in the head. As yet however, I’ve not read anything about what really floated Bob’s boat – the property industry. So here goes. Many…
Rest in Peace Francis. Rest in Peace Jorge Mario Bergoglio. While I really wanted to call this post “Is the Pope a Catholic (woman)?” that was going to be too political, even for me. Yes, the Pope is always a man. Yes, that’s unfair. Yes, there have probably been a few gay Popes and maybe even a trans Pope, but largely, the Pope is always a…
I think that I last heard the phrase “Granny Flat” used way back in the 1970s, before the term PC had been invented. But it is back with a vengeance this week, as a new rule has been announced: you are now allowed to build an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) on your property, up to 70m2 in size, without having to ask for permission from anybody….
I hasten to add that no, this does not mean that the Eye of the Fish has gone bankrupt, nor has the entire city of Wellington (situated on the edge of the great fish eye of the harbour), but instead, completely predictably, the stupid underground location of Willis Lane and Holey Moley beneath the BNZ tombstone / State Insurance building / What is it this week…
There is a very sober message in the pictures and videos coming out of Myanmar and Thailand, after their 7.7 earthquake. A shallow quake, similar to what we expect to receive here one day, but hopefully we do not fare so badly. I doubt that any quake has been studied so closely before – so many videos coming from the tall building that collapsed. At first…
Another week, another week of chronic stupidity from the Council. It seems hard to fathom, given the amount of flack that Tory has weathered over the last couple of years, but they seem hell-bound on doing stupid things yet again, and spending money that they do not have, on things that are not necessary. Sigh….. This time the fresh stupidity is the response to the call…
I couldn’t decide what to call the post today, as events seem to cover all the options available to us. Things in the city seem to be playing out as a farce every day, so much so that it becomes a soap opera, or a sit-com like Brooklyn Nine Nine, only with more comedy and less pulling of guns. Situations that are merely farcical in Nine…