Never an easy choice. One or the other? Why can’t we have both? An ugly secret for the last few years since the Canterbury Quakes, Rob Mitchell of the Dom Post has at last broken open on a story that we’ve all known for some time but that may still be news to the general public: that things need to change: How our buildings save lives…
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Sad news this weekend that the Tapu te Ranga marae has burned to the ground. Sounds like the blaze burned so strongly that everyone on the south coast would have seen and smelled the conflagration. Just about every fire appliance and fire fighter was there, trying to save the structure, but to no avail. The good news from this tragic event is of course that no…
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If this sounds like you, then go along to the School of Architecture tonight, for a meeting organised by Inner City Wellington. The collaborative lobby group for owners of residential units in EQPBs, (Inner City Wellington, Body Corporate Chairs’ Group and individual owners), invites owners to this important and urgent meeting. Tonight, 6 June, 6-8pm. Dunlop Ave / 139 Vivian St. They are going to be…
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Of late, you may have heard murmerings about whether Wellington should have “Trackless Trams” or “Light Rail”. This is a complex subject and certainly one in which none of us – none at all – are qualified to talk about, let alone make a decision on. Luckily, this is not a decision which needs to be made just yet, although soon would be a good idea….
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For over four years now the capital city of New Zealand has been waiting for the so-called group of experts to give us an answer on the future of public transport. LGWM have been conspicuous by their absence in providing any form of detail, at any part of the system. Yes, there is obvious bickering over the cost, the route, and even the type of system…
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Wellington currently does not have a Library – the one it did have is closed for an indefinite period of time. What we apparently do have in its place is a number of small regional outlets and something pretending to be a mini-library opening in Manners St. But we no longer have a proper library. Does it matter? What IS a Library anyway? Is it a…
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Aside from the Aussie Election, LGWM and Game of Thrones (still yet to see a single episode, ever), the only thing people were talking about yesterday was: Bunnings Flat Pack houses. Here’s a chance for you to look at them yourselves, designed by “Clever Living Co”. Let’s be honest – these are not brilliant pieces of design – but they are brilliant pieces of value for…
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So today was the big day – the day that many of us have been waiting a very long time for. Of course, they must have lost my invite in the mail, as I wasn’t invited to the launch party, but at 10am on Thursday the unveiling started. Politicos and councillors and others gathered next to Ghandi at the Railway Station, unveiling hope for a better…
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Hooray, at last some sign of movement on the revamp of Courtenay Central. Heaven only knows that it needs it. Closed a few months ago overnight, for unspecified seismic reasons, it has also been obvious for a long time that it needed more than just a seismic paintbrush in its touch-up kit. A dying retail screwup both downstairs and upstairs, with no drawcard to pull people…
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Not wanting to put too great a Dil Fonseca spin on it, but Wellington’s future currently hangs in the balance. WCC are canvasing the people as to what that future may look like, but it seems to have got scant consideration by the public so far. This is really what we should ALL be discussing right now, but instead we have people debating whether the Library…