Posts by Shep Cheyenne
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Favourite NZ terror moment was at Christchurch Airport & a day bag/back pack was on the zebra crossing with a tube of toothpaste next to it. It had obviously fallen off a trolly on the way to the car etc. So I moved it off the road and next to a rubbish tin. (My bad)
Then came back out of the airport to see the airport security & police taking some interest in the bag.
I could see the next three hours being a real drag if you had to be anywhere. Popped over told them the story to date and picked up the bag. No worries & Mr Christies friends took it from there. -
The Metro Card in Christchurch records your trips and the buses have cameras in them. Making the user pay for waste is another positive move to empower consumers to make better packaging choices. To this point I see no problem.
I'm currently trying to get a CCTV in place at Riccarton Bush as a Resource Consent to fence it off and close the cycle way after dark is being worked on as we speak, to protect from vandalism.
The parrellel process is the increased ability to charge for access to the Houses, Bush & Grounds of the Trust gifted to Canterbury.Of course the cheaper option is to charge directly for packaging on 6 packs and not 1/2Gs or crates (Steinlager please bring out a version in crates) and save the expense of the chips in bins & of course have more eyes on a place for the safety of crowds.
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Kebabette
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Popped onto Madeleines webpage and the black and white photo seems fitting for white ribbon day.
Why moan about Stephen Franks when Wellington Central voted Party vote National & candidate vote Labour?
It was more than one comment, people just don't like him, it's personal. -
Why not look to the city with the best public transport in Australasia?
That is Christchurch, with the Metro Card that is used on the Ferry & the Bus. Take a bit more time on your bus exchange though, the Christchurch one has a shared pedsetrian/bus zone along Litchfield St or kill zone as I call it. -
I don't like cricket, but do see the value in long days with mates drinking beer in the sun.
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Cheers Steve, I knever heard about the Kiwi Ferns.
So in Rugby terms we are Womens Union & League Chanmps and Mens League Champs, nice. -
I'm sorry for the loss of Finn & I didn't read the write up as I didn't know where it would take me, but I don't suspect it would be good.I would like to add to this in more general terms as a Mental Health consumer (yip, you knew it - I'm mad) .
"I recall a few years back there were persistent large underspends by many of our DHBs of their ring-fenced mental health budgets"
You say more than you might know here. Many DHBs have treated Mental Health as a slush fund for other services even when specifically ringfenced.
This is just one reason why smaller DHBs should be incorp into larger DHBs.
The trial down south might be about IT and $17M for nothing, but there is a real lack of finacial rigour in many of the smaller DHBs.
Ironically it was Southland that tumballed Otagos IT funding glitch.
[ I started to rant from here on so will leave it there]
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"just how quickly do the Aussies move on?"
Thought as much, but let's not dwell on rubbing it in but celebrating the historic win.
Any League historians out there?
Q - back in the 1920s or 1930s (I think) the Mickey-Doos all went to League. Marist-Papanui was formed in Christchurch & the West Coast never really returned to Union.
Any linkies?
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History is Now!
Kiwis world champs!