Posts by william blake
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Keir, These artists are the new regionally relevant ones, I think that's the issue here. The Supercity was created to make Auckland regionally relevant in the Pacific, and localism is history.
Is what is relevant in Hong Kong or Dusseldorf relevant in Mangere Bridge? -
In response to your central premise that the works are selected by committee, I would tend to disagree. The three examples mentioned are each internationally respected artists, I think their projects have been driven to detailed design stage or completion by reputation alone.
Prior to the Supercity these jobs would have gone to a regional artist and driven by quality rather than repute and the competitive tender model that you reject, gave some idea of the range of quality available.
I think a first rate artwork by a regionally relevant artist is better value than a second rate work by an art star. -
Nightcrawler is the only movie here I saw and it certainly rates as a highlight of 2014. But it was such a good year for cinema, also August, Ossage County, Calvary, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Mr Turner, Locke (especially after seeing Boyhood the week before). Thanks Jimmy.
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deadline?
Bestie
Adorbs
Side boob
Clickbait
Octocopter
Paleodiet
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Peak beard
Textses
My bad
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Legal Beagle: Wellington Super City? Not…, in reply to Sacha,
Sacha, I was meaning that Banks was the hardest member of the Mayoral forum to negotiate with, but I’m sure it’s not easy dealing with Harvey either, too far off consensus and his pants would be down.
The parochial protection of your own fiefdom and stubborn insularity is the flip side to strong community and a healthy sense of identity. I think we got it right in West Auckland but no so sure about the rest of the region.
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Bob Harvey spun the spin that became Eco City and West Aucklanders loved him for it but his inability to work with the mayoral forum ( read, John Banks ) moved him to suggest a greater Auckland Council with himself as The Lord Mayor. We love Bob and he would have been our Boris Johnson but the flip side of the super city is contained in its architect, Rodney Hide. The super city is good for business and mainly central business, at the expense of other values, Eco City is turning into weed city etc.
The Eco City should have stood as an example for the other Councils to match rather than being binned in an effort to improve the greater good.
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And since the regional council has cut maintenance to the bush parks by 50% adding (more) costly playing fields is bloody aggravating.
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I used to play at Chamberlain and the two hour long queue was part of the culture of the place, it was seriously popular. That would be seven of eight years ago. Then the course was part privatised, sometimes you would get turned away because of club events and green fees were cranked up to be more expensive than other private clubs around Auckland. The council pretty much killed off the egalitarian golf club. If there is an argument it would be to return to the previous system or just bin the whole club. The nine hole option is just like cutting any other sports field in half, do-able but not desirable.
That said, the golf club does significantly pay for its own upkeep through the green fees and the maintainance costs on sports fields are eye watering ( I was told a modern field needs about $300,000 p.a.) are the users of the soccer, rugby and cricket fields going to be levied on the way in, like the golfers, or will the ratepayers foot the bill?
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“fundamentally not”; therefore not, not? or
fundamentally; as in pulling it out of his fundament?