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Looking at all his decisions here, just about the best possible outcome? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-bishop-makes-way-for-more-housing-in-wellington-but-keeps-controversial-heritage-listings/5WLZA3NMBZGUBBTCABMTW4XWYY/

Our point exactly Stuart

Of course I agree with everything already said. But lets just imagine for a moment that it happens. Then we…

I am disturbed that VUW purchased the building with the intention of demolition. They knew when they purchased it that…

I’m with you. Great city views also. Inspired by my father Nigel Cook, I spent years walking & cycling round…

Meanwhile, a wonderful Ode to Tunnels, on the Spinoff – well done !! https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-04-2024/all-28-road-tunnels-in-new-zealand-ranked-from-worst-to-best

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350245438/kilbirnie-terrace-tunnel-mayor-interested-freed-city-streets Or to this?

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350246199/we-get-our-city-back-expert-welcomes-wellington-tunnel-idea Does anyone have the text to this?

I once took a taxi in Auckland, on a Friday, from the airport to the North Shore – to Devonport…

2375 divided by 10 000m per hectare is indeed just shy of 240mm deep Do fishes have platform shoes? Surely…

or 230mm deep for every m2, all over Te Aro?

4.2m deep, all over Te Aro ?

Can’t fault your maths, but just a note: google says that the size of Te Aro is 128ha (and notes…

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-04-2024/revealed-a-cost-benefit-analysis-for-wellingtons-long-tunnel?

Good on you Nemo for thrashing this out. There are some good articles in the Post today, like this one:…

Ha !! I think that if they did take out those walls, then it really WOULD be an Earthquake Risk……

Structural wall indeed! Just you wait until twenty or forty have been converted to “nearly-semi-open-plan” by knocking out that wall…

I once took a taxi (by mistake) from Gardemoen to central Oslo and suffered an interminable motorway ride watching the…

Thanks Mr Filth – I’ve inserted those plans here in this blog-post here as well, if you scroll up. Are…