Hard News by Russell Brown

Read Post

Hard News: The Huawei Question

159 Responses

First ←Older Page 1 3 4 5 6 7 Newer→ Last

  • Simon Grigg, in reply to Chris Waugh,

    But then again, I probably have a very different world view from anybody on the Auckland City Council.

    Or the NZ Herald.

    Just another klong... • Since Nov 2006 • 3284 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Chris Waugh,

    "in the likes of Otahuhu"

    Town centres predominantly servicing poor people, in that case largely non-Pakeha ones. Denied civic amenities like a swimming pool for several decades while wealthier suburbs got their beaches re-sanded for free. But please don't think Brewer's position is that of the whole Council or even the whole right bloc.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Simon Grigg,

    We don't have the population to attract most

    Ikea, even.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh, in reply to Sacha,

    Ikea, even.

    I just checked to make sure, and I was right, Ikea does indeed have only one store for the 20 million-odd people of Beijing. And that's in a location with good transport links (although, a rather complicated off-ramp set up for those driving on the 4th Ring Road from the east). So if Brewer's trying to attract them to Auckland, all I can say is "good luck".

    Oh, and thanks for the clarification re: Otahuhu.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Dudes! I think the Queen Street question deserves its own thread -- so I set one up here.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to Chris Waugh,

    I do know I really enjoyed being in the Queen St area last time we were in NZ and seeing signs in Korean, Japanese, simplified and traditional Chinese, and whatever other languages and scripts there may have been. That had me thinking, “Now here’s a place I could bring my family to live in.”

    And the likes of Brewer want to harsh that buzz.
    Small population=Small shops and worse, Small minds.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    faux dough shopping...

    I miss the old Cook Street Market
    and that kind of shopping precinct
    (and yes with the Six Month Club
    still upstairs would be nice...)

    Victoria park mkt never really got that
    market / people ambience right...
    - cities need bazaars
    the bizarrer the better...

    chchch inner city died because people
    didn't seem to like to walk a block or two
    but malls like Northlands and Riccarton
    seem to make people happily walk further...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Poole,

    And now to return to your originally scheduled programming:
    Key warned on Huawei, claims Curran

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report Reply

  • Jonathan Hunt, in reply to Matthew Poole,

    As a coda to this pre-Snowden speculation, see "Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made Internet routers" http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/27.92.html#subj2

    Since Apr 2012 • 4 posts Report Reply

First ←Older Page 1 3 4 5 6 7 Newer→ Last

Post your response…

Please sign in using your Public Address credentials…

Login

You may also create an account or retrieve your password.