Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to 3410,
Some minor details were overlooked in this piece too ... ;-)
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Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I forgot about John Gray...
Most have. Unfortunate that The Press did not get someone with a longer memory than 20 years to write the piece and analyse why the city is what it is. Factually, the piece has some major flaws, attributable to using not enough sources (David Close is a fine man who I have great respect for personally and professionally, but opinions are not fact).
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Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to Stephen Judd,
Ian, did you see this? What do you make of it?
The story started on a flawed premise; the John Gray years were what established modern Christchurch.
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Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
just horrible
Yes. I believe the Tories' agenda is, and has been since Key came to power, the systematic dismantling of the welfare state and sale of New Zealanders' family silver to the highest bidder. They spent the first term scoping and setting up the frameworks; this term was always going to be about doing the things that cnnot be undone. And the Maori Party will in the history books be seen as the biggest traitors to Maori ever; they have the means to stop this appallingness (a real word? ), and they do nothing. Shame on them all.
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My question about changes such as those at HNZ and sending solo parents with young children out to work (and five years old is young) is whether John Key would have been able to get where he is today without the help the state gave him and his family, likewise Paula Bennett.
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Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to JacksonP,
When giving a damn becomes the exclusive domain of faith-based groups, we are in trouble.
Fracked eh.
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What would John Key's mother have done?
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
I will watch out for you Gudrun. I haven't got much in the way of outwardly identifying features: must work on that ;-)
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Islander,
The birds, the insects, the plants, regain their places
Exactly; I'm thinking the rebuild will be long and slow and interesting, with many, many anarchic little corners. It's really a pioneer town again, even down to the low metal buildings -- now containers, used to be corrugated iron.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Snap! We were at the exact same spot at different times today. We were also mesmerized by the wildlife retaking the city. So many cleared sites with the handsome Ng Gallery and shop standing tall among them.