This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
I’ve been waiting for the external agencies to recognise we’re all talk lately. This is good (in a way), hopefully there will be some consequences, but I doubt it, or if so, it’ll be so delayed that these clowns will continue willfully ambivalent
Considering the crazy shit they’re pulling with their nationally orientated IT projects, it’s madness. I’m all for change (and leadership!) but it’s like a scorched earth strategy currently…
So what now? If I remember, reading were talking the council into buying it and leasing it back to them, or something similar?
I just hope we end up with a better outcome, somehow - presumably it’s wholly left up to reading however? Not sure if that’s more likely without the council involved or not (yes, that’s a dig at our council, but also I imagine reading are just profit-seeking corporates if they own a cinema chain).
I can’t see this ending well…
I always hated that building and felt like the last thing we needed was yet another cinema chain (then mid-city collapsed and that helped somewhat)
We were away for a week and left it on the side of the road. Doesn’t look like they were particularly competent, as they ruined the ignition but didn’t manage to start it....
This would be amazing for anyone heading out to the bays or Wellington Airport, no intersections or lights to worry about, and it would make life so much easier for the CBD as well, not having so much through traffic in the CBD.
So there’s 3 tunnels that we run vehicles through, day to day (that im aware of). Terrace tunnel, mt Vic and the bus tunnel. The city would struggle with either of them collapsing, and I understand the ones under mt Vic are already in dire straits, going by some of the points hopeful mayors that they were campaigning on. I’m no expert but your claim feels like a huge stretch.
As for earthquakes, there’s one that was readily found via a search in 1855 and that “considerably reshaped the geography”, so, respectfully, I completely disagree. www.wcl.govt.nz/heritage/earthquakes.html
edit sorry, I should have clarified earlier, it’s the major quakes I’m concerned about. Not the frequent little ones
I realised there’s the cable car too, although that’s a funny great area.
Certainly the prospect of building a tunnel under the guts of the city for several km (where it’s likely to cross a fault line) is edging towards this kind of nightmare: blogs.agu.org/…/10_10-Canterbury-22.jpg
I can’t see how a tunnel would sustain that, which seems like a death knell for the whole idea…
I don’t know if it’s allowed here, but i matched with some cousins on ancestry. We figured out that their cousin Robert Little must be my grandfather. They say they don’t have much contact with Bob and were unable to give me a phone number for him. Google searches for him have come up empty....
Yeah, it probably is - in terms of low overheads and electricity. Not great for long term, as SSDs can fail spectacularly, but if it’s a staging post for cloud syncing or another device elsewhere rather than the ultimate endpoint, that’s probably good.
"Our government has signalled changes to the plan, including a reduced focus on institutional racism and colonial racism against Māori, which would render the plan pointless as all instances of personal racism result from the institutional racism of our society," Ngata said....
Fair point, but it’s probably not the system they have an issue with, it’s the current embodiment/makeup. I don’t know if that’s a meaningful distinction - we’re basically splitting hairs aren’t we?
Yeah, indeed. I get the impression they’re single handedly responsible for WCCs about face on the residential planning (but I do have my head up my arse… )
In the 1960s, workers’ frustration was bubbling over. Measly compensation payments were not enough to make ends meet if they were injured and could not work....
I love ACC, it would be good for some of the nightmares of ‘not covered’ to become covered though. I thought the tone of this was bang-on (along the lines of too many beancounters have eroded it’s scope)
I’ve got friends who son is ‘deaf’ but it’s neurological rather than an actual hearing issue (or something equally quirky), so they’ve got nothing from ACC without a massive fight. (There’s a lawyer in the family, so not sure how it worked out in the end…)
I got the impression if there was something ‘mechanical’ wrong with the ear (or similar) that there was support, but not for what’s essentially a neurological issue (in their situation)…
Fast-track bill could affect NZ's reputation - Transparency International (www.rnz.co.nz)
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
Hospitals asked to make more than $80m in savings by July, RNZ understands (www.rnz.co.nz)
Treaty of Waitangi: Call for input from 'variety of voices' for revamped exhibition at Te Papa (www.rnz.co.nz)
Now is time to change Te Papa’s Treaty of Waitangi display, the museum’s co-leaders say....
Council announcement on Reading Cinema proposal (wellington.govt.nz)
Wellington City Council has ended negotiations with Reading Cinemas on a proposed deal aimed at reopening the cinema complex on Courtenay Place....
Someone tried to steal our Subaru in Christchurch (lemmy.nz)
We were away for a week and left it on the side of the road. Doesn’t look like they were particularly competent, as they ruined the ignition but didn’t manage to start it....
Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington (www.rnz.co.nz)
This would be amazing for anyone heading out to the bays or Wellington Airport, no intersections or lights to worry about, and it would make life so much easier for the CBD as well, not having so much through traffic in the CBD.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 11/4/2024
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Looking for my grandfather
I don’t know if it’s allowed here, but i matched with some cousins on ancestry. We figured out that their cousin Robert Little must be my grandfather. They say they don’t have much contact with Bob and were unable to give me a phone number for him. Google searches for him have come up empty....
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Live: Hundreds march on Parliament demanding climate action (www.rnz.co.nz)
From Whangārei to Invercargill, thousands are expected to take to the streets in Friday’s climate strike....
Iwi Chairs Forum reps pull out of anti-racism plan due to 'continued racist rhetoric' (www.rnz.co.nz)
"Our government has signalled changes to the plan, including a reduced focus on institutional racism and colonial racism against Māori, which would render the plan pointless as all instances of personal racism result from the institutional racism of our society," Ngata said....
The Spinoff responding to the Landlords short $1.3m "story". (thespinoff.co.nz)
I love the work The Spinoff does.
ACC at 50: A uniquely Kiwi scheme (www.rnz.co.nz)
In the 1960s, workers’ frustration was bubbling over. Measly compensation payments were not enough to make ends meet if they were injured and could not work....
Premier House report recommends $33m refurbishment for 'dated' building (www.rnz.co.nz)
Sounds like the condition of the building is indeed very poor, to be honest.
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Revealed: Landlord tax cuts will cost hundreds of millions more than ACT, National campaigned on (www.newshub.co.nz)
They knew what the true cost would be and hid it.