Posts by DeepRed6502
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9. Roller derby, if you count the fishnets. ;)
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He sounds like someone playing a really bad game of Civ. Oh no! We've had a couple of turns of anarchy! What do I do? I know -- DESPOTISM!
Sounds remarkably like Pinochet's Chile.
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From the producer of The World's First Split Enz AMV, comes this entry for the Wellington Armageddon 2009 AMV contest.
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Hang on, there's no ice rink in Welly yet. Then again, inline skates are probably the closest match.
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Morris dancers way too light to do the damage I’ve got in mind.
Rodeo?
Ice hockey!
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Hmm, I suspect PhotoBucket has given the PAS server some indigestion...
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Video of the bout (#2 I believe) now online, after some post-processing...
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Infill (and high density apartment living), where it's most appropriate, is just one way of addressing housing supply. Although of course, some people will always have an issue with anything taller than a couple of storeys. One such conflict between infill and the suburban status quo came to a rather amusing head late last year in Khandallah.
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Tom Semmens:
I have just got home from a long and ethnically diverse night at Tanuki's cave... And suddenly I is all in favour of mass Asian migration, especially the girls...
I second that, having dined at Tanuki's with a motley crew while I was up in AKL for the Armageddon Expo. When the said invasion comes, how do I enlist to be its 5th Column? :)
One other thing I/S - go to any of the Nordic countries we so strive to emulate and check out how many black or indeed even swarthy faces you see. Try and migrate to Norway. They are progressive countries that seem to practice what is basically a "whites only and then only some" type policy. Why? I suspect because they know they've got it good and they don't particularly care to share that goodness with others.
I think Scandinavia isn't the best comparison for NZ, it being an Old World region and NZ being a New World one. Personally I think Canada would be a better benchmark for us.
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A lot to post here, so I'm having to split it up.
I/S: If we want to shift immigration away from Auckland, then we need to shift economic opportunity. And that's a rather more difficult proposition.
Very good point. The problem is that Auckland gets most of the long-haul flights, and hence, most of the immigrants. AirNZ claims it's an economy of scale issue. For Wellington, the runway's too short for overseas flights beyond Aussie, and to extend it would probably require a Think Big. Unless Ohakea can be developed for joint military/civilian use, and a Shinkansen link built between Ohakea and Wellington...