Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Actually two: for kitchen lightshades. But it's not going to happen unless I form them myself. So I'll probably make do with old op shop colanders drilled out.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Chips with good PR; perfect.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I want, (need?) a copper mixing bowl.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Russell Brown,
So much good korero on here. Love it.
That green seasoning is a great choice: I had missed it earlier so thanks for highlighting.It's akin to gremolata : finely chopped parsley, lemon rind and garlic, sprinkled on most anything.
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It is bad being taken over by the government down here, but it is a betrayal of our city and our people that the Christchurch City Council has come to this. Parker said yesterday he was embarrassed: the word he needed was "ashamed".
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
There is no love lost between the National govt and Marryatt and Parker . Why do you think the council was sidelined by the establishment of Cera?
Marryatt declared his intention from day one in the job to bend the council and councillors to his will. He found the perfect ally in Parker. Now they have fallen out and both will find supporters in this city difficult to find.
Cera is an interesting question too: is its five-year life (two years already gone) to be extended? If the council is still so appallingly dysfunctional in its management and governance roles, it cannot be trusted to oversee the rebuild.
I comment because the awful situation at the council doesn't need embellishing by conspiracy rumours.
The under-insurance, incompetent quake response after September, and the near-total disengagement with the residential and business community and any councillors who do not toe the line along with the latest debacle are bad enough. And it all stems from the leadership -- governance and management enabled by certain key senior councillors and executives.
I feel sorry for the many. many people I know who work at the council in this chaos, doing their best in a stinking situation.
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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out, in reply to Ross McA.,
A stunner of a photo.
@Chris Waugh: Much of the farmland around Tai Tapu, Motukarara and Lake Ellesmere (Waihora) was flooded by a rainstorm around the time of the supermoon. The water was right up and past the main road to Little River in many places when I was out there at the weekend. I have never seen it so high, and it’s taking a long time to drain.
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Breaking:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/local-elections-2013/8872999/Marryatt-takes-leave-from-councilRead this story carefully: Parker has made a show of throwing Marryatt overboard in order to save himself. Maryatt has not resigned, just that negotiations (ie big fat payout) will happen.
And this is Absolutely Fucking Scandalous:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8870193/ICNZ-can-t-rule-out-Chch-demolitionsParticularly this part:
Recently-consented buildings should be audited on a case-by-case basis by an independent authority, he said.
‘’If insurers have started work on developing a new property, rebuilding a house or repairing a house, and then part way through that construction period there’s a delay because they find out later the building consent was issued incorrectly, then that’s going to stop that project,’’ Lucas said.
‘’It may a lot cost the parties a lot of money because the project may have to be demolished and rebuilt again, or there may be some very expensive remediation costs involved.’’
Non-compliant foundations were the most likely to be an issue, he said.
Forty thousand houses have been repaired by EQC so far. Many, many have foundation damage and owners have been told by the council that it's okay for most of those not to have building consent. And this is despite the huge expansion of Flood Management Areas in early 2011 to include 200-year flood risks. Add to that the fact that Lidar has revealed that much of the city land has sunk . This means the repairs have been unconsented when if consented the houses would have had to have foundations raised by up to a metre to comply with building codes.
This not a few commercial buildings: the issue involves much of the housing stock in the city and whether after repair it is insurable (therefore acceptable as a mortgage for banks).
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Gas is good though I have decided against it. My unscientific calculus was:
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I am fearful that the govt will use the appalling shemozzle about building consents in Christchurch as an excuse to send commissioners in, thereby nuking what looks to be an increasing likelihood of Lianne Dalziel becoming mayor later this year.
ipredict.co.nz has Dalziel at 57% today (up 11.24) and Bob Parker at 41.7% (down 8.3%). And those trade figures sheesh.