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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I didn’t want to write a post for this, not yet, but the latest news has forced my hand: could we really be about to see the demise of the Athfield designed Wellington Central City Library ? News headline from the DomPost today: “Wellington Central Library: ‘Knock it down and start afresh’ option with earthquake rating pending” Mayor Justin Lester said the library’s fate was “to…

There is a lot of mud being slung over in Shelly Bay at the moment, some of which is landing on the shoulders of innocent passers by, but most of which is falling back down and hitting the people throwing it. Peter Jackson, one of the wealthiest men in New Zealand, and certainly the most powerful man in Wellington, is calling the Mayor Justin Lester all…

What do these names have in common? Why does Wellington have a potential problem? Why is it that I have to solve this basic problem for the city, yet again? Isn’t there a simple answer, staring us right in the face? Our great city is built upon rock. Well, at least the hills are rock, while most of the city is built on the flat, from…