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Hard News: Postcard from Christchurch

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  • Paul Campbell,

    I have to offer this wonder, originally from Boing Boing

    My sort of people!

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Graeme Edgeler,

    Sesame Street parodies Mad Men:

    Via TV Tattle. Thanks to Fiona for getting me on to that site!

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    two Christchurch writers and no Chch launch?
    - now I know we ain't a real city!
    let alone a big one...
    (could someone tell Bob Parker and Rod Carr!)

    nonetheless looking forward to their works and words
    on wood pulp rather than screen and electrical interface
    a small step towards immortality...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Gareth Davidson,

    Ch-Ch might not be a big city. But its bigger than Wellington and they're getting a launch...

    Sydney • Since Mar 2007 • 59 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    two Christchurch writers and no Chch launch?

    Hard to argue with that really, especially when Welli has only half as many people.

    Snap.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Andre,

    Wellington City Council has 179,000 people but Greater Wellington (including Hutt Valley & Porirua etc) has 460,000 versus Christchurch's 369,000.

    New Zealand • Since May 2009 • 371 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Oh god. I don't want to start anything. It's just that I haven't organised anything yet.

    Also, now that I'm back, I've added a link in the original post to last night's Media7, and another to a seriously awesome Beatle rarity.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Joanna,

    If only Christchurch had an ista to make things happen. But look at how suckily that's turned out for Auckland...

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 746 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

    Wellington City Council has 179,000 people but Greater Wellington (including Hutt Valley & Porirua etc) has 460,000 versus Christchurch's 369,000.

    In addition, Wellington's population has a higher density.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    Wellington's population has a higher density.

    Particularly in the Beehive and its precincts, right? Ho ho ho.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    If only Christchurch had an ista to make things happen. But look at how suckily that's turned out for Auckland

    We have an "ista"? I know we have an Anti-Public Transport-ista who goes by the name of Stephen Joyce - Minister of Auckland Roads and Other Centres' Transport is his official job title, I believe.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Heh. Nice, simple concept for a parody of the infamous Windows 7 launch party video:

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    Windows 7 launch party video

    Charlie Brooker on same.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Apples with apples: 2006 census says 449,000 for Welli region and 522,000 for Canterbury.

    I suspect the choice in this case may have more to do with where book industry people are based..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    higher density

    Take it we're leaving Lincoln out this time then.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    Charlie Brooker on same.

    Chortle. Absolute genius. "I don't care if every Mac product comes equipped a magic button on the side that causes it to piddle gold coins and resurrect the dead and make holographic unicorns dance inside your head."
    That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the subject, too.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Mike Graham,

    Minister of Auckland Roads and Other Centres' Transport

    lol!

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    Mike, it'd be funny if it wasn't becoming so blatantly obvious that it's deadly accurate.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Lyndon Hood,

    I don't care if every Mac product...

    Having recently got broadband and finally updated the software on my eMac: did Apple never actually do a daylight savings update for 10.3.9?

    I know someone else already wrote one, but that is rather a steel-brush to the white plastic of my affection for the brand.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    did Apple never actually do a daylight savings update for 10.3.9?

    Lyndon, quite possibly not. It took them long enough to produce an official update for 10.4 - to the point that everybody here had passed around and installed at least one of the various third-party fixes before Apple even acknowledged that the rules for NZDT/NZST had changed.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    I felt compelled to comment on Joshua's excellent transport blog after reading the latest mindfart from the Transport Minister.

    A lengthy Herald piece last weekend describes the situation. Rudman follows up today:

    “Mr Joyce now seems to be deliberately taunting Aucklanders, promising all will be well, while slowly and publicly plucking the wheels off the trains, one by one.

    He seemed to be deliberately mischievous last weekend when, while enthusing about roads, he told the Weekend Herald that “rail projects are [important] as well, but with the urban ones we need to know the impact on land-use planning in Auckland.”

    He complained “there’s no business case or plans which says, ‘here’s where we’re going to put the two million people we’re told are going to live in Auckland in 22 years’.”

    Whatever else Auckland local government can be criticised for, a failure to prepare reports is not one of them.

    Mr Joyce is one of the National Government’s smarter minds and a quick learner, so it’s hard to believe he was ignorant of the shelves of reports prepared over the years which could be wheeled out to contradict this claim.”

    I concluded that Joyce must be only listening to advice from his trucking and construction buddies, and viewing Auckland as a place that people and freight drive through on their way to the surrounding regions.

    I note again for the record that I am not speaking on behalf of any of the local bodies with which I am associated.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Wellington's population has a higher density

    if that's not a misspelling of destiny
    are you saying they are denser/thicker in the Capital?

    Oh god. I don't want to start anything. It's just that I haven't organised anything yet.

    no presha... happy to help out on the ground down here if ya need it :- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Lyndon Hood,

    Plug:

    Next week == NZ Improvisation Festival in Wellington (sloganed 'Stumbling Towards Awesome', hence Lyndon's current gravatar).

    Showcasing improv for round the country & melbourne @ bats, late night jams @ fringe bar; plus there are also workshops (including for beginners)

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    a day in the life...
    re Joyce
    (hallelujah!)
    ... we are transported ...
    like his sur-namesake (James) he may just like to make everything an epic... like Ulyssses
    could be worse though ...
    had he been more like Stephen Dedalus
    named after that Greek "cunning worker" and architect - Daedalus famous for his Cretan Labyrinths
    and melting wax wings for Icarus
    relax ... the future of Auckland (and NZ's) transport is in his hands

    keep on truckin'....

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • David Haywood,

    Thanks for the kind words, Russell! You were an excellent guest -- bringing, as you did, most of a whiskey distillery with you.

    And Cantabrians can relax: Emma and I are arranging a book-launch for Christchurch (in fact, Mr Dalziel's name has been mentioned). Of course, I just have the small matter of finishing my book first (a dozen illustrations to go)...

    Dunsandel • Since Nov 2006 • 1156 posts Report Reply

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