Posts by DeepRed
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?, in reply to steven crawford,
Art is just such an ambiguous word. Mabe it is the “death of Wellington” and all that implys is what the golden age of art illustrates. Personally, I am enjoying quiet of an economic downturn.
Depends on where the boundary is drawn. There's peace & quiet, and then there's sleepy & boring.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
a small typo, but it’s all fixed now…
see: New Zealand’s Tory project,
that’s what they meant, and why it’s funded…Makes ya wonder what we’ve been telling people up till now…
Or for extra doubleplusgood: Project for a New Aotearoan Century.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Sacha,
More than half of NZ's population has lived in cities for over a century now, despite the rural myth we continue with.
Downshifting to Hamilton, or sprawling to Hamilton? Draw your own conclusion.
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3News finally cottons on, as does Fairfax. The Granny also smells a rat.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Hebe,
Tories can’t do numbers? How many of the swingers can they severely piss off and win in 2014?
I was thinking more that the situation mirrors that of America - the Democrats' support core is in the big metros, while the Republicans dominate the suburbs and rural areas. And we could be headed for the same bitter divide.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Erin,
So, how are we supposed to make any kind of change?
Once again, the Black Triangle Campaign in Britain provides a template.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to DeepRed,
Mentioned in passing on Stuff. The Granny was a bit better, but not headline stuff.
Stop Press: Govt slammed over censored caregiver legislation
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Tom Semmens,
this government is ideologically opposed to plans.
Unless of course, the plan involves effectively raising the barriers to entry to full participation in society. Just like a cartel from a high school economics textbook.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Hebe,
Add to that taking over Christchurch, New Zealand’s second-largest city.
Add to that condescending indifference at best towards Wellington. That means the usual suspects are effectively offside with NZ's 3 biggest cities - notice a pattern here?
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Russell Brown,
The whole thing is part of the wider issue of Auckland being dragged kicking & screaming from overgrown country town to proper globalised city.
It defies logic for a city to be bursting at the seams while the rest of the country seemingly empties out. Unless of course, you're setting up a business that supposedly needs to be on the next flight to LAX/LHR/NRT at a moment's notice.