In place of the usual big bangs and anti-catholic burning of an anti-royalist effigy on Saturday night, some of the Fish crew saw the film Metropolis at the Michael Fowler Centre. It’s not the first time I’ve seen it, but it is the first time I’ve seen it that has really done it justice. The film has been restored, almost, to a state of perfection –…
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A Wellingtonian, interested in architecture and design. But enough about me, what about you?
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Gosh – that was a surprise! Our venerated local broadsheet, el Domino Postale, appears to have gone and written an excellent, thoughtful article on what we need to do with Cuba St. Have they got a new reporter perhaps, one who is actually interested in matters more important than cute doggies or cats stuck up trees? There is hope, at least – keep an eye out…
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On a day like today, when Gaddafi has been captured, and killed, bringing to a gruesome end to 40 odd years of African bedlam, it seems almost comical to watch the westerners efforts at starting a revolution. From the initial somewhat focussed start in Wall Street over in the centre of the arch-capitalist capital, New York, where at least there was some logic in saying “Occupy…
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Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. Sad news today, but not unexpected. One of the more focused minds of the business world just ended today, with the death of the man who has changed the way we interact with the world. Steve has been suffering from pancreatic cancer for a number of years now, and his frail body could no longer go on – as he said…
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Following on from the usual tired old grumpy pro-road editorial in the Dom Post, which came to the conclusion that pursuing Option X would be a waste of time, perhaps it is time for a less jaded eye to look at the arguments for, and against. First up, and to some, most importantly, i guess that we have to address the question of cost. The DomPost…
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Ladies, gentlemen, and readers of this Blog: it is with great pleasure that I announce that we have a new guest writer contributing to the Eye of the Fish, someone both informed and passionate about the issues of our city. Erentz will launch his guest column shortly with some new and provocative ideas – coming up next.
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While we here at the Fish don’t normally venture into the suburbs much, the case of the leaky roof at Seatoun School has got us thinking. In my case, for the most part, thinking: what the heck is going on here and how can the construction industry learn from this? In a rare moment of publicity about the issues of a leaky building, the Wellingtonian featured…
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The Fish has been following developments in Parking Day for the last couple of years, and is heartily pleased that someone has got off their chuff and started the movement here too. Greg Bodnar managed to check out the scene in Lower Cuba St and check into a parking place for a few hours – taking up the officially designated car park space and turning it…
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A snippet in the paper a while back regarding the possibility of a “boutique cinema” in Wigan St has had the Fish thinking what a great idea this would be. For a city that used to be renown for high quality movie experiences (in the 1950s almost the whole town would turn out to the movies on a Friday night, in a wide range of small…
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It is only a few days away now, but I’m still not feeling the love for the Rugby World Cup. Former RadioNZ heavyweight Sean Plunket noted in his opinion piece in the DomPost a couple of weeks back that: “Whatever your view on the event and the significant expenditure of public funds by the last and current government on securing and preparing for it, RWC 2011…