Posts by Bruce Wurr
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Well said both Keith and Jeremy - and I think Jeremy's made the most relevant poignant point to all of this.
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sorry a bit late to this one......
BUT!!! Give me a decent transport system over Gucci any day - then you've got a city!
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The music sounds wonderful, and it's nice to hear some of the lesser known names like Rachel Shearer and Rosy Parlane mentioned Graham - they've been producing excellent music for years.
Any chance that the compositions may become available as downloads for those of us overseas?
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In my defence it was my first visit to the south island.......and it just looked so new! It took all of 3 days to get back to macs, monteiths and speights.....
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One of the best afternoon's cricket watching I ever had was at a mate's place in Blenheim, my first ever visit having just arrived. It was a stinking hot day and we managed to get through a box each of Canterbury draught (shudder) watching Nathan Astle and Danny Morrison deny the English at (I think) Lancaster Park/Jade Stadium.....fantastic afternoon!
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What I find horrifying is the way the royal commission on the so called super city is being portrayed in the media as a fait accompli.
Where are the questions that need to be asked?
Such as who was pushing for this so-called supercity? Who stands to gain from it? Why is there not a public referendum? Why is there a push to return to the bad old days of FPP which will reduce representation to the rich and business interests even more?
It's disturbing to watch this happen to a city with so much potential. It seems to be fast tracked with little organised opposition.....and the probability that it will set the city back decades. Have we forgotten how bad things were in the 80's and 90's?
Privatisation does NOT work, it's aims are to make the rich richer and the assets of Auckland must be looking ripe for the sell off....for f*@k's sake let's grow up and inject some vision into Auckland's future, not just short term gain for the few!
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Will the city ever be able to break free from the conservative shackles that have surrounded it for decades? To be a grown up city you need vision, a decent infrastructure (rail, light rail, subway, buses, open spaces that people want to frequent, a balance of art and commerce etc) and that just seems like it will never happen while we consistently have short term gain mentality.....
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that's why you should always preview first....crap!
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<quote>My beef is, how can we tolerate a media/political environment that is so toxic, and so completely off its nuts irrational, that the dumbest and craziest arguments can come from left field and sink these basic energy efficiency measures.<quote>
Couldn't have said it better keith. Toxic sums it up completely. Forget about science and rational debate - just go with who shrieks the loudest.
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Nice article Daniel.
I found it to be a bit surreal when I returned for a holiday last year - nz seemed to be slightly untouchable and vaguely distant, yet it was so good at the same time. There was also the strange bit where you realise that you and everyone else have moved on in different directions, which is only natural but still strange at the same time.....but I loved listening to the cricket (b waddle et al) while driving around the beautiful countryside......