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Well if Mr Key says so, make it so - will never happen, what would we do with all those ex harbour tsars?
It seems to me there is just too much power in the hands of a very few, and that is crushing us - /wind whistles, tumbleweeds flow/.what's wrong with this that wouldn't be fixed by grouping all 7 NZ ports into one single state run monopoly?
Massive ideological hemorrhaging is all ;-)
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Hard News: A storm in any port, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I don't get the question.
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This article is close but not the one I was looking for,
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/transport/news/article.cfm?c_id=97&objectid=10789832
Rail versus roads again. Now if we own POAL, how come we have no say?
Oh and those container cranes, they are stationary engines (as in train), and the people who drive them are stationary engine drivers (as in rail). The Cook Strait ferry is deemed a connection of the main trunk railway line.
All these things seem linked. As does Marsden Point. Namely the council needs to have a peak oil based strategy for us...nek minnit.
Also this seems apposite,
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10791365
Clearly defined responsibilitiesUnder the current Local Government Act, councils are responsible for promoting the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of communities, in the present and for the future. This very broad purpose can be (and is) used as a justification, and community expectation, for almost anything.
Without this clarity councils often stray into activities which could be considered the role of the Government or the private sector such as subsidised housing or car races.
The Government must give more clarity about what local government should do and, more importantly, should not do. Councils need to be able to explain their decisions for focusing more on the delivery of traditional services and push back on the numerous requests for funding marginal activities. -
I'm still trying to find the article (Stuff, Herald?), that seems to be gone...from a ports of Whangarei person suggesting that, POAL, Whangarei and Tauranga amalgamate. Auckland sells it's harbourside land, moves infrastructure north, keeps it's Southdown yards. All the ports work together with streamlined structures (I have experience with Ports of Tauranga's I.T. structure).
Auckland gets to enjoy it's harbourside, less trucks and motorway expense for that hideous Parnell motorway on change, more rail...
Apparently the costings have been done and the major cost, that is not that substantial (150m?) is to upgrade the rail link to North Port, Whangarei. That cost is significantly less than the continued need to maintain or upgrade the Parnell on change for trucks - not including Mr Joyce's proposed super heavy trucks. -
Mr Key,
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/6559219/Port-protesters-block-entrance
So many contradictions, so little time. One that sticks out to me is this,"Unless that's an efficient workplace, unless it's competitive, ultimately they will continue to lose business."
The company was trying to make savings at the port to protect all its jobs, he said,
"And I guess they have moved to this issue where they want to go to outsourcing."
The company needed to find almost 300 workers and would take people with experience.
"I suspect quite a lot of the people who have been made redundant will actually reapply and funnily enough get their job back just through a different vehicle... the conditions will be different."Not a very savvy business model but thanks for the tips.
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http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/the-1951-waterfront-dispute/division-and-defeat
Ah, a fractured skull, not a death (from a baton charge). Lead to a snap election though. -
This is what happens when you sign on in blood with the Coalition Of The Willing.
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If I remember rightly, one dead in '51.
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The thing is being taken to the brink of insanity based on the pursuit of loose ideological nonsense.
This is after all, the Coalition of Fear. I see nothing confident about this nasty collection of greed.
Nothing.