Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Helen Kelly's letter, in reply to
When i read about Helen Kelly my heart goes for her as my daughter was in the same situation
Thank you for commenting Sushila, and my best wishes to you and your daughter.
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Hard News: Helen Kelly's letter, in reply to
I don’t know the cause of Ms Kelly’s lung cancer. Often it is a direct result of smoking cigarettes.
In her case, it's not.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Dark Sounds of Africa, in reply to
That Spoek Mathambo is an awesome Joy Division Cover… I’m really enjoying it.
Me too!
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Hard News: Friday Music: Dark Sounds of Africa, in reply to
Top tip! Cheers.
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Missed this out of the post: David Kilgour's Sugar Mouth album is being reissues with a bunch of bonus demo tracks – and Brooklyn Vegan is streaming them now.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to
You’d be better off just saying Cathy Casey and Mike Lee are against it, because any time I hear Cameron Brewer and Dick Quax are against something I tend to assume it must be a good idea.
With the way Mike Lee's been carrying on, "Cathy Casey's against it" is really the only part that should command your attention.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to
What exactly is the point of opening up submissions again? We all know what all the NIMBYs will say.
I have some sympathy in that we only submitted because Housing NZ had bid in its submission to spot-rezone its own properties in our little cul de sac as Mixed Housing Urban, which would have been anomalous and inappropriate, especially if they merged their separate sites. We were happy with Mixed Housing Suburban and said so, noting that the current Housing NZ tenancies are part of our little community and are supported as such.
I do get how people who had no particular reason to submit would be upset at finding out they had something to complain about.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to
Thanks Duncan. That's a cogent commentary.
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Hard News: Mt Eden: Not a closing but an…, in reply to
For some reason I felt compelled to provide an illustration of your point about the (non) view from Albert.
So here's a pic looking northwest from the tihi.
To get there I had to ride my bike up that bastard hill then have a breather before ascending the steps. It's such a different, and less pleasant, experience from Mt Eden. I know busting a gut is good sometimes, but ....
Y U MAKE ME DO THIS BEN?
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