Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Sacha,
Sorry should have made it clear I was not talking about any court process being involved. My bad choice of words.
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Way back in the dark ages, Iggy apparently appeared out the murk at the Androids gig at the British in Lyttelton and got onstage.
A weird one: I saw The Troggs at the Quinns Post in Lower Hutt in 1981. The bar barn was practically empty. Troggs were fat and fortyish and desperate. They played for barely an hour and did Wild Thing at least three times to fill up the set. -
David, here is a link you may find useful, published early October last year somehwere obscure:
http://www.nzwood.co.nz/residential-houses-performance-in-the-darfield-earthquakeAndy buchanan would be well worth interviewing. I haven't seen him get any air time.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to DexterX,
Roger Sutton is empowered to override any council planning he wants.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Ross Mason,
There is (or should that be there should have been) a mechanism for the Govt to step in and acquire subdivisional land that could be sold to the chucked off zoners at the value of their properties. The govt might even have been able to acquire sections at 2007 GVs +10% so that the present owners might not be tempted to up the price
But the Government in that case wouldn't be the National Party then would it?
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to webweaver,
I like it. You'd have to factor in the cost of a big mother of a 4wd to cope the state of, or lack of roads. Living by the river stinks, literally, now and could be like that for some time (years?) so with small children it wouldn't be ideal. Also the I don't like the long-drops around, there's way too high a water table to have lots of people doing that; maybe a clivus multrum-type closed facility?
But if you could hold out for 10 or 20 years, the desirability of a characterful riverside property will return. And they'll be a rare commodity.
But the real point of this post is to let the world know we are warm: the Yunca has landed, and our family and house is truly warm and drying out for the first time since February. EQR make-safe really did do the bizzo for us: heat, hot water running, safe electrics and a dangerous and difficult chimney down. So, as much as I was reluctant to go with Fletchers, the individuals involved did a fine job of work for our whanau. It's easy when looking at the big picture of awfulnesses like the Haywood house to overlook all the good that is happening too.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Bloody hell. Excellent piece. That 1995 liquefaction map is so accurate, right down to my little strip of the riverbank being fine while most of the rest bubbled.
More on Christchurch City Council and Tony Maryatt: this morning's Press piece on the changed process of awarding of vital contracts (one being the inner city plan) hidden in an innocuous-sounding heading.
Note this
(Council purchasing and planning manager Jake) Rance said the council had agreed to exempt emergency recovery work from the usual requirement to put $50,000-plus contracts out to the market ... Consultants (appointed) either had knowledge of the city and the council's current planning; possessed skills and experience that were relevant to the project; had a relationship with the council; or had been recommended by relevant professional bodies.
"Staff recommended the chief executive be granted delegated authority to approve future contracts, as further consultants could be needed. "
A relationship with the council indeed! What the hell is happening in this city? Maybe Brownlee needs to Ecan it.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Sacha,
The short version is: the developers wanted to do Pacific Park, council said no, developers appealed and got their way. It was not quite the dump, just over the road from the old landfill. But it was an infilled swamp right on the banks of the Avon at the very head of the Estuary. Flood-prone and silty. Wouldn't have bought there myself, but then we've ended up green zoned but only four properties from an orange zone, and our liquefaction risk was only moderate when we bought.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Who would be liable: elected officials, council staff, the council itself?
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to paulalambert,
Why not in that case sell the land to govt, get a cash payout from the insurer to use your own builder etc, move the house and get it fixed after it's moved and plonked in place. One problem with moving a house will be that many of the Stepford-type subdivisions do not allow such carry-on. I hear some even regulate the type and colour of any building, specify type of pets (even breeds of dog). and carwashing day is Saturday.
Which will not be music to the ears of many Avonside villa-dwellers now red-zoned. What will happen to their chickens and compost heaps? I feel for them.