Posts by Sacha
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to recordari,
The problem with growing a house would surely be the wait?
hence the GM. or some smart nanotech might help
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Speaker: Party Central, structures and silos, in reply to Sacha,
Auckland Transport has offered numbers using public transport from the stadium after the opening night.
People catching trains and special event buses away from All Blacks v Tonga was 24,500
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Speaker: Party Central, structures and silos, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
The supercity changes included wider arranagements linking central government and local actions, notably a Social Policy Forum co-chaired by Paula Bennett.
There has been close cooperation in areas like transport, and in economic development with agencies like MED as exemplified in the RWC effort.
The government's Auckland Policy Office has been a focus point since 2005.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Bart Janssen,
a GM house...
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Auckland Council releases its major Draft Auckland Plan for consultation. Five weeks to comment.
The draft Auckland Plan is the strategy to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city by 2040. It will also plan for an additional 1 million people and the 400,000 dwellings we will need to accommodate them.
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Five transformational shifts stand out as being critically important to the city’s success:
* dramatically accelerating the prospects of children and young people
* committing to environmental action and green growth
* outstanding public transport within one network
* radically improving urban living and the built environment
* substantially lifting living standards for all Aucklanders -
Great panel.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Paul Campbell,
more intended for people immigrating rather than those of us moving back
Doh. Quite. I guess beyond the tips and stories, a 'Resettlement Support' service could have handy tools like being able to choose the date you left and see the major changes (law, politics, places, cultures, etc) since then.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Paul Campbell,
How about a web site somewhere with hints and tips
The government's Settlement Support service offers some info - and I've seen stories about informal sites set up by people from particular places or industries (like South Africans or nurses).
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to George Darroch,
Do you see a difference in the way we do that with the US rather than all manner of other nations we've seen less from? I imagine Belgians and Indonesians get less shit.
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Hard News: LATE OCTOBER: Life in the…, in reply to Rich Lock,
do they start off on the inside and then make a deliberate decision to move to the outside, or are they drawn to the outside as a consequence of who they are?
Not everyone starts on the inside (though it certainly helps resource choices). There are other paths too, all interesting.