Posts by Sacha
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Cracker: It's a Wonderful Thing, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
The things in the packet were just chips, and the things in the newspaper were hot chips, or also just chips.
With the rise of American-influenced fast food outlets, "fries" would also be more familiar to the younger (without the "french" prefix that marks the older).
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I was looking for business activity data. Probably a bit ambitious
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
One thing I would find really helpful would be a graphic of incomes by suburb for Christchurch.
Home ownership rates might be interesting too, including for the difference in whose voice is heard when responses are coordinated. Aware this is all rather academic when there are people on the ground without the basics, not knowing what's coming tomorrow let alone next month.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
People talk of "the eastern suburbs" like we're meant to know
I tried to find some info yesterday broken down by suburb and it was the usual fruitless hunt through mounds of irrelevant stuff. Someone with more specific regional development or policy expertise might know where to look.
Not an urgent priority but it would be interesting to see some mapping of portaloo deployment since the quake compared with surrounding population. Then we can see how the perception of bias matches the reality.
Meantime, all strength to the locals with their vigilante redeployment, and to the volunteers of the Rangiora Express delivering cheap chemical bucket loos direct to the eastern suburbs before the authorities have done anything there it seems.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
If apprenticing was more incentivized immediately, there could be thousands of jobs made tomorrow.
Sadly they would likely be jobs in Australia. I agree tradies are needed but this current situation is affected by the whole low wage economy we've created over the past few decades.
Haven't tradespeople also been leaving because they're tired of waiting for the insurance folk to authorise work after the September quake? May need more insurance assessors, or a different way to address that completely. Like Housing Minister Heatley authorising rent holidays for all of Housing Corp's Christchurch tenants rather than stuffing around trying to figure out which one's were eligible. Of course that's the opposite of a National government's usual preference for tight targetting so it might create some tension if applied more widely even if it makes sense.
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'Not bitter' is also the tone of Campbell Live's story (stream, 4 mins) about their visit to Aranui.
It goes with those tweets I pasted here yesterday. I'm not sure how representative the conclusion is but I guess it shows that you report what you find no matter what your producer thinks. TVNZ news were using the word 'frustration' in their coverage but I didn't notice any interviews with locals.
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That Herald story is worth a read in light of our conversations here.
However, even the arrival of 80 more Port-a-loos in Avonside and neighbouring Dallington meant residents were still relying on sparsely placed Port-a-loos along the main roads, far away from the back streets.
Local resident Amie Wagenvoord said having power would make a massive difference but she was angered at reports that other suburbs got more help, faster.
"They promised us that all the hardest-hit areas would be treated the same, that no one else was getting more help than others in similar situations."
Two Port-a-loos had mysteriously appeared further along the road, reportedly stolen from other suburbs which had plenty.
"Vigilantes! We are creating anarchy. People are driving down the roads stealing Port-a-loos - that's what it's got down to."
Her husband, Scott Wagenvoord, said a friend who lived in Spreydon had told him they now had water and could use their toilets, but still had Port-a-loos on most streets. However, he felt most for Bexley and was delighted to hear they were getting individual chemical toilets.
"For the last six months, they've lived what we're only just living now."
He conceded there was some suburb envy and a perception the wealthier suburbs got more help, faster.
"I drive home through Fendalton and they've already got spray paint on the roads indicating where potholes need fixing.
"But let's not be bitter."
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Now, when I say there's no economy, I don't mean there's no economic activity, or that everybody's out a job or anything.
thank you for clarifying
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Islander,
what large-scale local economy* was, has now been completely skewed
I've seen no reports of widespread permanent disruption other than to cbd businesses and to the residential suburbs of many workers. There are many businesses based outside the cbd. Please direct me to the evidence your opinion is based on as I may have missed it.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Keir Leslie,
there is no local "Economy".
Yes. This is true.What makes you say that?