nemo
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So, this is the way we are going to end the year then, is it? Not talking about Jesus or Santa, but talking about whether Councils should just concentrate on Roads or Water or Fixing the Pipes or a Nice big convention centre down the road? I had the misfortune of listening to the dullard duo of Luxoff and Simian Brown natter on at the last…

nemo
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Today, the Eye of the Fish goes West, to the deepest darkest reaches of known civilisation within the burgh of Welly, to visit the Kapital village of Karori. I’m not used to Karori – or many of the suburbs konfusingly starting with a Kapital K, but Karori once held the title of Wellington’s most populous suburb. Recently it has hit the headlines as a site that…

nemo
3 Min Read

And so it starts. Fears of the Mt Victoria Residents Association, much bandied about as the end of the world, have now actually been put on the table. Is this the beginning of the end? Or merely a logical outcome to a much discussed situation? I’m referring, of course, to the proposal by Quinn / Forma to build a 7 storey high medium density block of…