Posts by SteveL

  • Hard News: Unscripted Drama, in reply to giovanni tiso,

    I live close to Eden Park, but for me to take my 2 kids (girls, so it's possible the stay might have been short-ish), would have cost us $60. If my wife wanted to come too, $80.

    I love cricket and despair as much as the next person at all the empty seats at test matches, but it's a fair whack to get along to watch.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Not good enough, Eden Park, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Still a decent proportion who apparently think the use of the word 'faggot' is in some way acceptable.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: A plea for sanity on the…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,

    Thanks for your response - I agree. I think we're on the same side here - and probably have been all along.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: A plea for sanity on the…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,

    You seem to be deducing an awful lot about what I think from what was nothing more than attempt to clarify another poster’s comment. Never said there wasn’t a lot of misinformation out there, or that people weren't influenced by it - just that not *all* the opponents are.

    The Grey Power/Winston Peters proclamations are of course nonsense and deserve to be called out as such.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: A plea for sanity on the…, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Or at least the most vocal component of it.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: A plea for sanity on the…, in reply to Russell Brown,

    I assume what Chris is saying is that not everyone who expressing opposition to the DUP is doing so on the basis of emails such as the one that is the subject of the post.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: A plea for sanity on the…, in reply to Russell Brown,

    This for me encapsulates one of the main UP issues quite nicely. Even someone (Russell) with what appears to be some planning knowledge and has read the plan carefully doesn't get a couple of things quite right.

    So it's little surprise that less engaged people are susceptible to any misinformation. For all the work the Council have done on the plan (I'm cautiously in favour BTW) they have failed miserably to give people enough useful information up front (what can you do now vs what is allowed under the UP - that kind of thing).

    The good work that this post does, as well as the excellent stuff being done by Ben Ross, is really work that should have been done at the outset by the Council.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2013 • 7 posts Report Reply