Posts by Sacha
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OnPoint: Sock-Puppeting Big Tobacco to…, in reply to BenWilson,
They still have to decide
With respect, I'm not sure you understand how addiction works.
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I don't think it's unreasonable to give credit where it's due. Yes?
It helps to know where that is. And how the governance and operational cycles relate.
There were multiple opportunities for both the Q Theatre and ACAG renovations to be half-arsed, down-graded, under-funded or simply shuffled into the too hard basket.
True.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to BenWilson,
Heh. Some governments are ideologically opposed to delivering. Crowds out the small-weenied free market, apparently.
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OnPoint: Sock-Puppeting Big Tobacco to…, in reply to John Armstrong,
I'd love to hear a bit more about this
Same. I'm thinking about us tackling the emotional and personal development issues that all addiction sits on. Needs a big investment in mental health, counselling, and other wellbeing services. Imagine the productivity and social gains from say $1b spent on that rather than some daft motorway to nowhere.
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OnPoint: Sock-Puppeting Big Tobacco to…, in reply to BenWilson,
The problem with tobacco isn't the addictiveness, it's the health harm that it causes.
Good luck separating those.
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Up Front: One, in reply to Alice Ronald,
that second picture is doing my head in too. Cashel Mall, now a gravel parking lot.
+1
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to Nick Iversen,
pictures of Shed 10
It really is a suburban booze barn. Can just imagine McCully in his beige chinos leaning in a corner.
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to Craig Ranapia,
if I wanted to be bitchy about it
Who's being bitchy? It'd be like Len Brown presiding over a whole lot of slum clearance projects to build new office parks.
And I think you'll find the impetus behind many of the big projects coming to fruition now originated from Hubbard's term, not Banks and his Cheneyesque boss, David Hay - who you could say were dedicated above all to reducing rates and loading the inevitable costs onto their children's generation (but that might be bitchy). You could even describe it as kicking for touch.
Like you, I hope somneone has the balls to restore the magnificent St James, but the government's decision to award the convention centre contract to the casino does not help.
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to Russell Brown,
Astonishing stuff. John Campbell's report (7 min clip) from amidst the joyous screaming crowd is worth a watch. Auckland truly is, as their skipper said, another Tonga. Proud.
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Hard News: Just don't call it "Party Central", in reply to Russell Brown,
Imagine if we'd also finished electric trains and integrated ticketing and real broadband. But voters wanted tax cuts for rich folk. Oh well.