Posts by Gareth Ward
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Note you say Terraced Housing/Apartments is within 250m of the Town Centres. Based on the zoning map it looks like its within 250m of the LOCAL Centres and Town Centres. There are a number of "small local shop" areas designated as a Local Centre with Terraced Housing/Apartments zoned around them (e.g. Grey Lynn shops, Dominion Road shops, Hauraki shops etc). These are probably the people most effected as plenty of those areas are currently surround by single housing.
Transport Blogs concepts around adding a third zone between a Mixed Housing and Terraced/Apartment seems worth considering in that light. Especially as they point out it would give weight to 3storey fee-simple terrace housing that is so clearly lacking in Auckland.But overall THANKYOU for this (along with ATB and voakl etc) - I had an awfully heated discussion with family who had attended a 2040 session and were up in arms about it. They were insistent that people could just build 10m apartments without height boundary and no consent following that meeting. The problem is the real changes that the city has to face up to are buried in all this noise
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Resumption of contribution to the NZ Super Fund has been delayed, again.
Booo. And frustratingly that seems to have widespread political support...
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The provision that allows SkyCity to sue for compensation if gambling legislation changes in 35 YEARS time is the most outrageous. Doesn't bode well for this Government's TPPA stance does it?
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
He can't run for council or government as he isn't a citizen.
Can't run for Mayor, can't be spied on by our (formerly) foreign intelligence agencies... the poor man is in purgatory
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TuneIn
Love TuneIn - and it's not just mobile. The new stereo setup at my place doesn't have a tuner in it anymore, all radio off that interwebs thing even when it's local - I find I tend to start on the local stations then end up listening to some random French soul station or the like...
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Been considering an urbany commutery type bike for a while now, my ride to town is short and downhill-to-flat (via a ferry) and the return home has a brief but steep enough haul up from the ferry. Question for you urban cycley types - how realistic are the three-speed hubs in Auckland? Linus Roadsters etc look lovely but the price differences to go from single-speed (not me)/3-speed up to 8-speed shifters seems kinda not insignificant...
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NBR's headline is (I suspect, unwittingly) damning: Thatcher on par with Churchill, says Monckton
#MoncktonLive(btw, thanks for putting me on to that via Twitter last night Mr Brown)
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Hard News: Done like a dinner, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Without having looked too closely at the economics, I agree with you - I wouldn't subsidise the smelter to any huge degree. It should be left to fail if it can't land a commercial - not political - deal with Meridian. But to be honest, that kinda feels like where we're at - a basic subsidy was offered, rejected and the Govt seems to have left it at that for now...
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Hard News: Done like a dinner, in reply to BenWilson,
I'm not hopeful, though.
Yes I'm having to fight my own pessimism here!
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But Bart my point is the Govt has to get involved REGARDLESS of their ownership of Meridian. Even if Meridian had already been sold off the Govt should be assessing short term subsidies for such a large part of our national economy. The loss of Tiwai is more about foreign exchange earnings and regional employment than it is about propping up power generator valuations - all things the Govt absolutely should be keeping an eye on.
I guess I'm still unclear on what people think the Govt should have done differently?