On Thursday, the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee voted — 9 vs 5— to approve the proposed changes to Manners Mall and Lower Cuba St. Today, the proposal was finalised at a full Council meeting, and the plans look set to be implemented in the near future. Despite a vocal opposition campaign, public and private views on the changes seem mixed. Written submissions were almost evenly split…
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A story in the Capital Times has been intriguing us here at Eye of the Fish world headquarters, and I’m surprised no one else has picked it up. The Cap Times (with a nicely renovated website – good work guys!) interviews a “local businessman” who is unhappy with the Council spending over a million bucks on ripping apart the old Cobblestone Park outside the big red…
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It’s around this time every year that the Fish starts to get nervous. updated – scroll down for video. The day of the jolly red Santa draws closer. Pagan rituals from ancient Nordic / Celtic times get rejuvenated into a Judeo / Christian mawkish theme park of false bonhomie and pretentious piety, while the whole thing gets overtaken by the corporate marketing budgets of NZ Inc,…
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Seeing as today is the day that the WCC wants to get your feedback on what Wellington will look like in 2040, it got me thinking. Thirty years into the future – how much will Wellington have changed? Will we have had the big one yet? (as I presume you know, we’re supposedly well overdue for a 8.0). Will the sea levels have risen, flooding Lambton…
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What Wellington needs now, in these troubled times, is a giant Wellywood sign. First there was Hollywood. They had a vision, they had a sign. Just a big old thing made from corrie iron, shoved up on the back of some bloke’s farm. Quite large though, so it could be seen for miles. We could do that. We’re good with corrie iron, and I’m sure the…
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The Fish may have been a bit quiet lately, but that doesn’t mean we’re not working hard on some great stories. In the mean time therefore, a couple of links to other sites. First up is the Arch Centre, who are currently having a discussion over that mad charlatan Richard Gage, who claims that the twin trade towers and the other building were all blown up,…
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The whole issue of “Leaky Buildings” seems to be a far more important topic up in Auckland than it is in Wellington, but there’s no reason to be smug. Outside the Auckland cities, Wellington is high on the list: Auckland City Council………….2021 North Shore City Council………..445 Waitakere City Council…………..352 Manukau City Council……………125 vs Wellington City Council………….361 Christchurch City Council……….229 Dunedin City Council………………..2 Obviously there’s just quality…
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You may well have noticed already, but an interesting little spat is brewing to enliven the local body elections next year. Apparently, the Mayor Her Worship Kerry Prendergast is being persuaded to run again, as no valid alternatives are coming forward. I find that hard to believe, and note with interest that Bob Jones, as part of Vibrant Wellington, is making moves. Not, as yet, any…
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Perhaps we don’t need to be mean to Auckland and its architecture, as it seems to be quite good at beating itself up. The AAA has been running a competition called Urban Eye, for a written entry on Auckland Architecture. We’re sorry we missed it. Some of the entries are so good, they could almost have been written by the Fish. But no: we’re innocent. Mind…
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People power rules. Or so it seems today – if the paper is right, then the Maranui may be about to be saved. We discussed the 5th Scenario here, with some reasonably heated dialogue, but it sounds as though a sensible agreement has been reached. Under a deal announced today, the club gets ownership of the building, along with $350,000 of ratepayers’ money toward repairs, and…