Public Address | Cafe | Up Front: Twenty-Two Two, Two https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281685#post281685 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281685#post281685 Schools by electorate. Or, as Chris Hipkins said on Twitter:

"5 of the 7 schools proposed for closure or merger in Nat electorates saved. 8 of the 25 schools in Lab electorates saved. 71% vs 32%."

And somehow there's no coincidence with charter schools springing up round the corner from the…

]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:33:18 +1300 Kebabette https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281668#post281668 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281668#post281668 http://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/sets/72157632820590271/ 2nd anniversary was as hard as the first. For 12:51, I just stood quietly between the Bridge of Remembrance and the Re:START and threw some rosemary in the river. As my workmate observed: "Avon River… ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:01:30 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281666#post281666 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281666#post281666 Driving up to Chch tonight for a day and a half of meetings over the weekend. Was last there in April last year.

Can't say I'm looking forward to seeing the centre of town again, as an outsider it's just weird to see a city gutted like that.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:55:49 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281664#post281664 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281664#post281664 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:50:18 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281659#post281659 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281659#post281659 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:02:45 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281655#post281655 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281655#post281655 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:23:58 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281652#post281652 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281652#post281652 I am finding it a bit hard to cope with how cold and gray and lowering it is today – just like it was this day last year.

Who would have thought that a slightly rubbish sorta cloudy day would feel ominous? But, yeah. It does.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:54:34 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281650#post281650 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281650#post281650 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:52:41 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281648#post281648 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281648#post281648 A small measure of progress I found this morning: there are no road cones in my street outside the house to decorate with flowers; only new channel and kerb and tarseal in these two blocks. Every other road cone I saw on the way to the city and back has… ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:44:51 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281645#post281645 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281645#post281645 Hugs and Arohanui to you and everyone else in Christchurch. I’ll be there in a week in person, and I’ll try not to be a stranger.

Thanks Jack. :-) And you better bloody not be. ;-)

I was reading some guff from EQC last night, and find that Woolston, in…

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:11:33 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281642#post281642 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281642#post281642 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:46:33 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281628#post281628 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281628#post281628 I’m spending tomorrow with family, and I plan to hug them a lot. And any random stranger who looks like they need it. Arohanui, everybody.
Hugs and Arohanui to you and everyone else in Christchurch. I’ll be there in a week in person, and I’ll try not to be a…

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:07:42 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281622#post281622 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281622#post281622 Unlimited’s is a well-considered plan – those kids went through hell.

It's optional: the kids who want to go can, the ones who don't, don't have to. Hagley, they're just taking them in to Latimer Square, no choice.

I am very glad we're going away. I wouldn't know quite what…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:31:01 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281621#post281621 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281621#post281621 Unlimited's is a well-considered plan — those kids went through hell. Steiner hasn't said, but I guess that a similar plan to last year will happen.

The school was 2km from the Feb 22 epicentre, so it was traumatic for everyone. Though we didn't see the city devastation and panic,…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:27:13 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281620#post281620 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281620#post281620 But the brick building gives me the creeps; beautifully done but brick is not my building material of choice.

It is very obviously reinforced, but yes, I understand the gut reaction. The building was actually originally my great-grandfather's house.

I have just talked with the family about tomorrow:

My daughter's…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:45:12 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281619#post281619 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281619#post281619 The moth is a byebye for me- not you!
Take good care- stay well-

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:44:11 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281614#post281614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281614#post281614 O this site isnt really working-

]1- there are sites you can check up on the liklihood of southern aurora
2: Moeraki cool – but I need to get family labour
3: Nah, life has been miserable: my best friend and neighbour died on the 19th of January, and most…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:24:21 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281613#post281613 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281613#post281613 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:15:11 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281611#post281611 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281611#post281611 Really? How do you know when they are going to happen?

You keep an eye on the space weather forecast.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:04:20 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281610#post281610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281610#post281610 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:55:10 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281609#post281609 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281609#post281609 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:52:28 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281608#post281608 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281608#post281608 eat less, shower less, drink less

drink more, surely?

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:50:35 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281607#post281607 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281607#post281607 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:47:55 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281606#post281606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281606#post281606 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:41:48 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281604#post281604 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281604#post281604 Hanmer is an excellent idea.

Our 17 yo son told his friends what we were doing, and they were all, "Hey, great idea!" So next weekend? They're all packing off to Hanmer...

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:30:35 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281602#post281602 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281602#post281602 Holy Smoke is a must-visit whenever I'm in town. They have the most amazing smoked salmon anywhere.

My sister lives about a 10 – 15min walk from there, and I tend to crash at hers when I'm in town. I've come to really like Woolston as a neighbourhood.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:21:11 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281601#post281601 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281601#post281601 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:18:53 +1300 Lucy Telfar Barnard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281600#post281600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281600#post281600 Cool (Unlimited and DiscoveryOne I mean), even if hippies do sometimes make my eyelid twitch a bit (it's all fine until anyone mentions leylines...).

On the mobility question, I was meaning mobility in the way we use it in Public Health, which is basically that people move house more often,…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:16:42 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281598#post281598 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281598#post281598 Emma: Hanmer is an excellent idea. I’m aiming for Tekapo this winter: hot pools, ice skating and stars. I really, really want to see the Southern Lights.

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also seen in more southerly regions, including Moeraki, Purakaunui & Dunedin…
(not to mention Bluff! Rakiura! Annnnd Kaimahu…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:01:00 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281597#post281597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281597#post281597 I wrote a moving, elegaic finely-crafted couple of dozen words a few hours ago about the last 2 1/2 years. Just as I hit 'post' a 2.8, epicentre 3kms away, knocked out the internet connection. Life in Christchurch.
Or as my 85-yr-old FiL said when asked how he was coping…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:53:18 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281596#post281596 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281596#post281596 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:33:21 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281590#post281590 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281590#post281590 If one were cynical, one might suggest that the education ministry has been encouraged to "save" schools in National electorates in order to please the current government.

Schools by electorate. Or, as Chris Hipkins said on Twitter:

"5 of the 7 schools proposed for closure or merger in Nat electorates…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:53:04 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281589#post281589 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281589#post281589 Nor are these the most damaged schools: those are remaining open. They are Unlimited and DiscoveryOne (both decile 7) and Redcliffs (decile 10).

If one were cynical, one might suggest that the education ministry has been encouraged to "save" schools in National electorates in order to please the current government.…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:48:27 +1300 Gee https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281587#post281587 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281587#post281587 People in areas of higher deprivation are more mobile than people in wealthier neighbourhoods.
In reality it's the opposite: in these areas, there are fewer resources to help children travel to school (car costs, petrol costs, bus costs, safety and time issues with attending further schools and managing the road…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:33:57 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281583#post281583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281583#post281583 Also, um, how did two schools end up being called “Unlimited” and “DiscoveryOne”. They sound like off-shoots of Scientology or something.

Heh, that'd be my kids, and Isabel's kids. They are "special character" schools, but basically the opposite of scientology. My son's philosophy class really struggled the last couple of…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:24:53 +1300 Lucy Telfar Barnard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281581#post281581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281581#post281581 Note the roll changes: 230 to 241, and 146 to 155 In that case, I take it all back, and go back to being suspicious and cynical. Sigh.

Also, um, how did two schools end up being called "Unlimited" and "DiscoveryOne". They sound like off-shoots of Scientology or something. (Really…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:16:24 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281577#post281577 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281577#post281577 meaning much greater roll losses in those areas than in areas where parents are tied to their houses by a mortgage.

Woolston School and Phillipstown School. Note the roll changes: 230 to 241, and 146 to 155. Those schools are being merged, when both their rolls have increased.

Nor are…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:48:37 +1300 Lucy Telfar Barnard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281575#post281575 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281575#post281575 (This will tell you the kind of area I live in.) I know it's not you saying it, but the school closures vs deprivation map doesn't make me as suspicious as it might. People in areas of higher deprivation are more mobile than people in wealthier neighbourhoods. They're also less… ]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:39:07 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281572#post281572 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281572#post281572 Damn, I wish I’d known you were that close.

Holy Smoke and The Twisted Hop: a walk down the road’s getting bloody tempting and expensive these days.

This last year, I’ve had a lot of conversations about Chch bars and restaurants. There’s this quite intense crowd-sourcing going on about what’s…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:21:33 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281571#post281571 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281571#post281571 I've been having a lot of nightmares lately, which I think is related to the upcoming anniversary. I feel churned-up inside, and that my ability to cope is precarious. I'll be glad to get to the 23rd.

This photo made me cry.

I'm spending tomorrow with family, and I plan…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:21:11 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281568#post281568 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281568#post281568 The Hop is now out in Woolston, on Ferry Rd, two blocks from my house. The beer is still great, but unfortunately the atmosphere is completely different.

Will definitely be keen to check it out next time we're in town.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:08:14 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281565#post281565 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281565#post281565 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:52:10 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281563#post281563 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281563#post281563 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:38:45 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281552#post281552 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281552#post281552 So happy for C1 Espresso, so sad for Twisted Hop. Possibly my 2 favourite destinations in Christchurch.

The Hop is now out in Woolston, on Ferry Rd, two blocks from my house. The beer is still great, but unfortunately the atmosphere is completely different.

Like The Tannery, I am hoping…

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:59:48 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281550#post281550 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281550#post281550 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:47:25 +1300 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281549#post281549 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281549#post281549 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:42:42 +1300 Alice Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281548#post281548 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281548#post281548 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:39:36 +1300 Greg Wood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281543#post281543 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281543#post281543 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:51:28 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281542#post281542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-twenty-two-two-two/?p=281542#post281542 Discussion from blog post.

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