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Last-ditch bid to save fantastic Modernist building
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- A group fighting to keep the Gordon Wilson Flats from being demolished, despite the building having sat empty for years, has come up with a...
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Brown = sheer stupidity
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- I honestly did think this was a belated April Fools prank, yes indeed. I mean, a long tunnel, under Wellington, going from the Terrace tunnel...
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Winston: Exterminate! Exterminate!
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- I’d love to have a real life conversation with Luxo right now – to see if he is regretting his decision to get into bed...
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Khandallah’s new mega-development
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- Wellington has long been nicknamed the “mini-Manhattan” for its shimmering high-rises sitting on the edge of the harbour. Recent changes to the District Plan will...
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Ngakau Nui
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- So, finally today we had the news that we all knew was going to happen one day – that the Pink Council building (WCC’s CAB)...
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Wellington Housing
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- So, a decision has been made by the Councillors of the WCC – let’s hope it was the right call. I’m not jumping for joy,...
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Is a Prime Minster Entitled to a Nice House?
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- There’s been a lot about this house in the news recently – both the paper kind of news, and the TV kind of news. I...
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Advertising ruins everything
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- With the announcement of TV3 killing off Newshub, it makes transparent the sad fact that we have all known for some time, namely that advertising...
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We live in a Utopia
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- Utopia !!! What’s not to like? It’s clearly not a Dystopia – it’s a YOU topia. Cool. Just thought that I might leave this here:
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Independent Commissioner Panel Report Debacle
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- The time is ripe – the end is near. Gradually, slowly, the Independent Commissioners are releasing their Reports onto the interwebbies, and very slowly, a...
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War for Wellington
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- A quick link in here for anyone that is interested but as yet have not seen: The SpinOff has announced a War for Wellington, which...
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Courtenay Precinct ‘Plan’
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- Hi there – and welcome to 2024, albeit I’m a month late. Reasons: sunshine, weather, fishing, aged parents, and a complete inability to get anything...
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Joy to the World
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- Watching TV with aged relatives over the last few days, as that is what they still do, it became obvious to me what a miserable...
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Let’s Get Something Something
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- It’s been a curious start to a new Government and a curious end to an old year. 2023 – don’t want to see that one...
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Garage building
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- Enough of politics – let’s get back to building. Although building is itself a political act (read Henri Lefebvre for explanation) and our attitude towards...
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Ministers for Relevance
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- At last we have a Government, and some clearly defined roles. To me / to the Construction industry, the big story is not the purile...
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Negotiations of Excellence
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- Far be it from me to say that negotiations are dragging on, but things are slow !
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Toomath’s Building
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- Farewell to the Toomath’s Buildings then. Designed by architect William Crichton, completed by 1901. Survived years of neglect – did not survive a group of...
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More Town Hall
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- Thanks to Greenwelly for alerting me to the substantial report on the WCC website, which is both exhausting, and fascinating. There will be a book...
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Rule of Thumb
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- I have no idea why, but we appear to have elected someone who likes to use his thumb. Perhaps over-use his thumb. So, i think...
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Election Day
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- As I write, and possibly while you read, we are still on Voting Day, although this awful weather will probably keep many people away from...
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Dense Hutt
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- In all the fun and fuss over things like the Election, the country’s love affair / hatred of Winston (there is something very 1984 about...
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Town Hall rebuild costs go sky high
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- As far as cost blowouts go, this is a big one, and heads should roll. We here at the Fish have written about the old...
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Vote Housing
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- You may have noticed that there is a general election coming up, and the amount of hot air increasing from all sides. Billed as the...
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Shells, not Shelly!
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- Talk about a NewsFlash ! Wow – the Shelly Bay development, that no-one seemed to like or want, has just been cancelled. Not postponed, or...
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Jazz to the Maxx
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- In a recent news story on The Post, which may not have appeared on the Stuff, there was an article on a proposed new building...
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Architectural Centre – a Study in Teamwork
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- The Architectural Centre was founded in Wellington in 1946 and set off at a cracking pace – starting architecture and town planning schools, mounting the...
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Kapiti Densiti
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- In the news today, the Post reports that Kapiti Council have agreed on new Density rules for their larger urban areas. That will mean that...
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Friedrich Eisenhofer
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- Sad news, but not entirely unexpected. Friedrich (Fritz) Eisenhofer has passed away, at the splendid ripe old age of 96. NZIA has sent out a...
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All scramble, no lolly
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- A few initial thoughts on National’s transport plans for Wellington, from a fresh new author on The Eye of the Fish – Captain Haddock. Captain...
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