Posts by Sacha
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The Herald's online editor Troy Rawhiti-Forbes is reporting from the eastern suburbs (Storify plugin).
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
I'm not saying urban sprawl is better, period. I'm just noting that it seems to have survived better. A much higher percentage of the suburbs are in a livable situation than is the case in the CBD.
Check again in another month or three..
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Cracker: It's a Wonderful Thing, in reply to Danielle,
I think I might therefore be 'an older person'.
Yet one who goes to Chemical Brothers gigs..
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Agree about the urgency to put temporary capacity in place.
However, future and current needs are best kept separate - there's plenty of history of hasty short-term solutions becoming the long-term shape of a place by default. As Bart says, the right answer now is probably not going to make an attractive and successful place later. That won't happen by iteslf or because of the decisions of individual property or business owners without coordinated long-term planning
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Keir Leslie,
There has to an opportunity to chuck up some quick prefab structures there and get something going in the way of office space and of expanded retail
Agree - but that's different from rebuilding the current cbd.
Moving residents away from Christchurch also shifts their economic contributions elsewhere, so rebuilding enough work, transport and retail/service capacity is important. Making clear that temporary means just that should prevent bad future outcomes from getting things moving fast now in the right places.
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Cracker: It's a Wonderful Thing, in reply to Jackie Clark,
The transition from biccie to cookie reflects our main foreign cultural influence shifting over time
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Cracker: It's a Wonderful Thing, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Cookie is Amerikan
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More attention, more chaos unearthed. TV3 journo/producer Monique Devereux is tweeting today from the eastern suburbs:
(11.06am) Am in #eqnz devastated Aranui, no power water or sewer. No portaloos either. Housing Nz doing some good work here, but no other services.
(11.30) What's the closest place for Hampshire and Aldershot St people to get water please? #eqnz no power, water etc I want to give residents info
(11.35) Actually can the Christchurch City Council send a water truck to Aldershot st please? People have no cars here to carry water bottles. #eqnz
(11.52) Water truck just drove down Aldershot St Aranui, and sprayed the roads wet. Residents look on in disbelief. They want water to drink!! #eqnz
I'd guarantee that drinking water and dust-suppression spraying are organised by separate teams or agencies - but where's the coordination? And the priorities?
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
the most mean-spirited and flat out ugly interpretation possible
What Steve actually said was:
Perhaps the Herald could use its resources to put together a Daily supplement (delivered free for Christchurch residents only) of pertinent information and, whilst they were at it, report back to the rest of the country so people like Gerry Brownlee could get a clue as to what is going on in the "Less Glamorous" areas.
Frankly, I think you need to check whatever baggage you're bringing to the reading.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Emma Hart,
Metiria Turei talks to bfm about her visit to Christchurch - page has link to download/play MP3.