On the other side of the NW motorway from you Lprent, I can confirm that the traffic started at about 5.30am as usual, but at a weekend volume, rather than the weekday. There were a bunch of trucks early, and then it slowed right down - so instead of the ...
Yes, nothing like giving one rich old git in a Prius the same access as a bus with 50 or 60 people in it to demonstrate your contempt for public transport.
When are the court dates Lyn? Us pensioners would love the show!
About this "out of scope" stuff Approximately 4,000 submissions and 2,500 further submissions were made on the zoning maps in the PAUP. The submissions raised approximately 20,000 separate points. Some site-specific, some seeking broad changes across ...
The Unitary Plan process is one of the many "gifts" of the NACT Government. Council does not control the process. 3 years ago when Council consulted on the kind of housing densities needed to accommodate the next 30 years of growth in Auckland by growing ...
I saw "politically correct" and switched off. Dog whistle or really lazy thinking.
Well as Peter won't use his Gold Card on the bus because he is still working, I think it unlikely that he is going to be accepting or costing five cents more than the absolute minimum entitlement. It was important that Helen take Peter to things where ...
Sir John lives on a farm in the Bombays. He is quite happy to deny his fellow Aucklanders a chance for a more affordable home over something which will never affect him. Until perhaps he goes into a Retirement Village - the new ones are all multi-level.
A number of my lesbian friends are mothers, grandmothers and in at least one case - a great grandmother. Many got married and had children in heterosexual relationships in the days before there were viable alternatives, others have used more modern ...
We do the "Boo" thing from the crowd. Agreed that GABA has a high Tory ratio, but there are some good progressive people there as well.
Yes, We always go. We are GABA members so enjoy the GABA tent. Except for the visit from FJK. We go somewhere else until he and his slimy retinue have departed.
Glad to see the repeal of S59. I was a juror once on a case against a chap who liked to handcuff young boy's wrists to their ankles and trash them with a bamboo cane. He obtained access to these children by befriending solo mothers through a religious ...
Thanks, I am a Land use Planner so I write reports about new houses and garages. Also, us "Operational" staff only get the technology changed every 5 minutes, rather than the offices and the job descriptions.
One of the best things about Tory governments is the oppotunities it provides for healthy outdoor excercise in excellent company.
Yes, there was a time, and maybe still is, where there was Union work which meant you did not have to hide your politics. I was lucky - I worked in the Public Service in the 1970's and was active in the PSA. I went to work for a Union in the early 80's and...
Interesting to see if the legislation about bar opening hours for RWC also changed the opening hours specified in many of the bars' Resource Consents. If it just did Licensing hours, there may be trouble ahead. Some Plans allow for restricted numbers of ...
Although most people are using the energy efficient light bulbs, there is still one USA Congress-critter who is happy to cost the US taxpayers extra for the old fashioned type of light bulbs because he thinks that energy efficiency is some sort of Agenda ...
This attack on Planned Parenthood has been well discredited. They do not sell body parts. Women have the option of donating fetal tissue for medical research. All legal and above board. This is an edited video of a set up of similar style to the "Acorn" ...
You might like to read the actual submission #851 which was made in January 2014. Google "Unitary Plan Submissions". This is a submission to the Unitary Plan - it is being heard by a panel of independent Commissioners. It has hit the news now because the ...
My bit of Kingsland (bought in 1981) has gone up in value in the last valuation by about 9 times what I make in a year. That is ridiculous. My land "earns" 3 times what I do.
Yes, up to 7 levels of apartments with a big hole underneath for 4 levels of parking. Old Kiwi Bacon site up the road from me. Mixed use development 317 -319 New North Rd and 20 and 22 Aitken Terrace. Plans on the Council website.
I went to a Council Hearing yesterday on a proposal to build an apartment develpment in Kingsland. I don't mind about most of it, except the 7 level block facing the Res 1 (heritage) street. Apartments starting at $800,000 and up to $1.3mill. No laundry ...
Judith Thompson is excellent. She chaired the Auckland Lotteries Community Committee some years ago under a Labour government.
Never anything useful in WorldNutDaily - except prhaps a few laughs.
Yes, the article leaves out the Christofascism and the Dominionism which permeates the right wing of American politics.
Fewer - fewer - fewer! Numbers get "fewer", mass gets "less".
Derryn Hinch seems to have come to the party.
I heard that too!
Yes, and if it is not this chap - it is Josie Pagani.
I would not get too enthusiastic about the small % of declines. As a Planner, I know that our job is to make it clear to applicants as soon as possible if we think that we cannot support an application. Generally, the declines come from those few stubborn ...
Prebble was "moved on" by the good voters of Auckland Central who decided that Sandra Lee was more "Labour" than he was, and by the fact that he has pissed off all the good Labour volunteer workers in his electorate to the stage where he had practically no...
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