Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
How many got there via Veolia? Gotta reckon twice as many as they were contracted to do.
Think if they got there contract fulfilled, it isn't really their fault. Despite all the problems they and the patrons endured. There's one for Craigs team :)It is starting to look that way -- although their promise of better communication and less stifling trains is welcome.
The poor communication between ATEED and Auckland Transport, the inappropriate choice of the key venue, the promotion of that venue to the exclusion of others, and the general confusion of roles in the run-up to the event look the likely contenders.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Yes and worst, Steven Joyce
I felt dirty after listening to it.
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McCully's not in the House, and not a single National speaker has even acknowledged his existence, let alone sought to defend him.
It's pretty clear now that his stunt on Tuesday is regarded as a brain explosion by even his colleagues.
Each, however, has attacked Labour's "negativity" for raising the issue. That's obviously the line.
Best speech so far: a rather legalistic one by Heather Roy.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to recordari,
I would love to have been in Whangerei yesterday. What a cracker game!
Watched it last night after doing Media7. It was one of the best games of rugby I have seen in a long time.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to BenWilson,
I checked out Queen’s Wharf last night. Nothing about it inspired me to go back. The place was cold and soul-less, serving all drinks in plastic cups from an extremely limited selection (no spirits!) in a big barn with rugby playing at rock concert volumes on large screens.
Ugh. You'd think at least someone would have the wit to adjust the volume when there wasn't a big crowd in.
To be fair, you were there during a ghastly game of rugby in a tournament where the rugby has generally been good-to-excellent.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Yes, I wondered about that, too – it didn’t make their case particularly well…
Sigh ... news. Basically, the narrative has been agreed on and that's it.
As Ben keeps pointing out, a lot of people were really happy downtown on Friday.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to merc,
Mr Lee blamed problems with the organisation and design of fan zones on the Super City reforms enacted in November last year.
These gave unelected officials at the council-controlled organisation Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development responsibility for the waterfront, he said.Josh Arbury is saying that at today's council meeting it emerged that a failure of communication between ATEED and Auckland Transport seems to have been crucial. This should raise questions about the CCO structure, I think.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to BenWilson,
(I still can't really figure out why, since it's not like anything at all disastrous of note actually fucking happened)
I wouldn't go that far, but it was ironic that 3 News had a "hell on earth" voiceover running over pictures of Quay Street during the fireworks -- which showed people of all ages laughing, cheering and having a good time.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Steve Barnes,
I got the impression that the Forums own "Party Central" was moved to Captain Cook wharf, although I can find no "official" notice of this.
That makes sense. Stuff was getting moved around all over the place during the run-up.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Sacha,
Wasn't that the aspect McCully claimed needed his special intervention?
Yeah, quite. And, as the council told Todd Niall, this was all in train before McCully got up in his grandstand.