Posts by Sacha
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Orsman finally acknowledges who Sharon Stewart is.
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Hard News: The Mayor's marginal enemies, in reply to
And the radio station has been bought by the same company as the newspaper who published her column.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Cinema 'Tron, in reply to
Mark, if you just paste the links without any [ brackets ], the clip shows up automatically here.
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Hard News: The Mayor's marginal enemies, in reply to
and some of the most restrictive urban planning regimes in the world
But not in the way you probably think. Our planning rules make basic urban intensification all but impossible. You wouldn't be allowed to make non-garaged streets like most of Ponsonby's these days, let alone terraced housing or low-rise apartments considered normal around the developed world.
And Auckland Council backed down on changing that in the face of current coastal residents demanding their wishes trump those of all future citizens.
The main problem is not being tackled at all - the financial distortions that make New Zealanders treat housing as a lucrative investment rather than a place to live.
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My what a pack of pallid lemon-sucking numpties those marchers looked like on the telly.
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Hard News: The Mayor's marginal enemies, in reply to
I’m unhappy with aspects of the Brown mayoralty, unlike many other leftist political commentators
There seem quite a few of those who oppose his handling of the Ports of Auckland dispute. He's really quite centrist.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Cinema 'Tron, in reply to
Amazing in a roomful of dancing people.
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Hard News: Bad Judgement, in reply to
To Gerry, 'politics' is anyone having the gall to disagree with him. Oaf.
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Hard News: The Mayor's marginal enemies, in reply to
things in the Super City could have been a lot worse
John Banks should be sufficient to settle that
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Hard News: The Mayor's marginal enemies, in reply to
grasp the spoils
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