It does however have other means of influence like the District Plan, etc. Glad to hear your encouragement of advocacy though.

Wearing…

I won't be going to any rugby, but was lucky enough to get to one of the Football Ferns' matches at the Women's World Cup in Germany…

Clip-ons to the rescue!
(when will we learn not to be such cheapskates)

Like an earlier poster we…

+1

Some TV might do that, but the game broadcasts seem very keen to mention the positives of the other teams. It's an infectious attitude – I found myself with a fist…

That's what I meant by "the Council forcing local property developers to do their job properly", yes.

It's not quite on the level of European soccer hooliganism, but even then it would only take one public urination to make the headlines.

It's a nice thought. I expect most visitors will be on a holiday buzz, and having a good time no matter what happens with the rugby. But they could sure have…

You do realise that you just mentioned 2 places that have a siesta which is taken seriously and becomes the quiet part of the day and hence the evening is more noisy and…

For a moment I was convinced you were still talking about the balcony exhibitionist..

And it's true that the Viaduct Basin establishments suffered a…

You could hardly cover the waterfront.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r4iyMOp1gY

To fair, I can't say this is the time of year where al fresco dining is terribly attractive.…

How about Ponsnobby – Wynyard – Viaduct – Britomart – Queen Street – K Road and back around the loop?

Ur, it's probably just my background, but 'jobbies' is a Scots dialectual term for – something quite else.

On the other hand, maybe that's precisely what Russell meant...

The arrival of the SW change was fairly dramatic — and I left before the rain, having read the forecast (headwind both ways, though – bah) — it swept up the part of the site where the restaurants and bars are. But it is winter,…

1) A VINTAGE tram that costs $10 for a day of going round a building site? Great to see trams going in, but will…

ooh er

I'm echoing something Hamish Keith was observing about the contrast between the Viaduct and Wynyard. I'd also be interested in seeing the demographics of the area's residents and perhaps some surveying of their relative individualism. Space won't overcome motivation.

I was driving through the viaduct area once and a resident, whether oblivious to the idea that there were people in the street, or revelling in that fact, was standing naked behind his very obvious second floor end window.

Is that what you mean?

An expansion of the existing modern container wharf, as I said. Not really that much coming across those older wharfs by comparison. You'll note they freed up Queens Wharf already.

exactly – private rather than public space

Expansion options to the existing container wharf precinct were canvassed during the waterfront stadium 'process'. Easy enough to move the incoming bananas and cars elsewhere.

Handy for disabled, pram-pushing or elderly visitors too.

Really? I didn't think actual people lived there :-)

I’m hoping that these developments will rescue the Viaduct, which (imho) is overblown as a ‘destination’ but could be…

Oh absolutely, my point was more that Wynyard Quarter will need some form of residential done right – mixed in with other uses properly rather than just all filled in behind the Viaduct etc. The…

It's true that nothing 'happens' around the area but it's super-accessible to other parts of the CBD that is enjoying a…

Auckland's pretty much got glitzy housing on every inch of deep waterfront now, so nowhere to relocate the docks…

In theory,…

I’m also told there isn’t a fee to have your car untowed :-)

The port's Red Fences will have to come down one day, MOTAT is a natural home for this piece of transport history, plus they need a better fence along Great North Rd.

Time may have been against them as such work takes longer. But mainly no one would have agreed to let McCully act like the boss of…

I presume that it's legally a park or something rather than a public road, so the legal requirement to have to wear a helmet while cycling on…

And as I said, things seemed to be going quite smoothly…

We didn't know what entrance we were supposed to go to, no problem, the people in the fluoro vests were more than happy to…

I so much don't worry about the shelter, but why do urban planners seem to be in love with paving…

Fine for large public places to be mostly open – and this one sounds great – but please fit in some protection from our rapidly-changing elements. Auckland's public planners and urban designers for some reason seem wedded to denial that it rains a lot here. One example…

And while I'm still rugby-agnostic :), nice to see that it was a relatively painless experience on Saturday night. (I don't think you can blame any human agency for the crap-tacular weather though.) Full disclosure: My partner works…

Apparently it's in one of the council brochures, but I can't find the info on the Waterfront Auckland site. I may have been wrong ...

Another great no-helmet photo from Saturday.

Carry on with the cycling bit, but this got me buzzing. The space felt very inviting, and as if it should have…

What will we do for the next twenty-five years before it’s our turn again?

Whoah. How does that work, legally? And how on earth did they manage to sneak that in without the helmet lobby going ballistic?

Also, as a Wellingtonian, excellent to see Auckland providing…