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• ‘No worries,Sue thank you for visiting my site. I hope in the nature I become a media/blogger partner with your organization. thanks ’
• ‘yet again annother lovely video of Craft2.0 thank you so much for visiting ’

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• ‘Kia ora Naomi Thank you for your interest in our journey with taonga puoro here at Te Papa. We would love to talk more with you about how we could connect with your school. The best thing to do would be to contact our Education Team to begin with – ask for Riria or Julie. Contact details are on our website. Or feel free to contact me. Nga mihi nui Pamela Lovis ’
• ‘I’m about to start teaching music at Manurewa Intermediate and would like the kids to benefit from experiences like these: the instrument making, korero, and music making. What connections can we make between Manurewa Intermediate and Te Papa Tongawera around Taonga Puuoro ’

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• ‘I am reliably informed that the renderings are courtesy of BotzDigital. http://botzdigital.com/ ’
• ‘Whoever gets the window washing contract will have a license to print money as that alternating convex / concave facade will be a sod to clean properly ’
• ‘“that is an absolutely appaling subteranean Rat Run, twisting every which way but loose and I wouldn�t venture through there without an impending sense of mugging.” Word has it that the final version will be much more direct and legible. And even with the twisty version, I’d hardly be afraid of mugging, any more than in any of the through-block links that join Willis & Boulcott (Grand Arcade) or Lambton Quay & The Terrace (Capital on the Quay etc) at the moment. And if, as suggested, there’ll be a cafe next to the courtyard partway between Willis St and the lifts, then it will be far from unpleasant. ’

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• ‘artists impressions coming tomorrow…. hold your excitement… yep – the old building, the Airways bldg, has been stripped to a bare frame. ’
• ‘They’ve taken the facade off the high(er) rise building on the site… the old dull gray one which even the most optimistic person would struggle to find something nice to say about it. But they’re going to reclad, rather than demolish it? Is that what you’re calling the Airways Building, Max? ’
• ‘Love that parking deck. I’m excited – the Western side of lower Willis has always been disappointing to me. There should be more use of the hills/cliffs ala Plimmer Steps (though this is by no means the best utilised public space) – they make for interesting space. In fact, better use of height, in general; bridges, stairs, strange elevators and cafes on viewing decks etc. to take advantage of Wellington’s views.’ Are there many artists impressions floating around? Me, I’m too busy being excited about the Metro possibly being installed around the corner from my house. (I was expecting it to be where the furniture place behind Hallensteins on Cuba, or on that big empty lot on Bute and Vivian, but it looks like it’s going to be the back side of the Bristol Court now – in an area of dense convenience (Nic Nac’s, by the way, has the city’s best pick’n'mix candy – imported from Spain, apparently). There will now be 5-7 grocery type places within ~100m radius. That’s fine by me! ’

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• ‘Hi Sarah Thanks for your query – no bookings are required for any of the Galileo events so just turn up on the night. Hopefully it will be a clear evening and we’ll be outside with telescopes as well as using the one inside Thomas King Observatory, but if it’s cloudy or wet there will still be activities inside. Cheers Rebecca ’
• ‘Hi. Do we just turn up on the night of Saturday 24th or should we book? Regards Sarah Lewis ’

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• ‘Hi motelnelsno, I don’t really have a website. There’s http://www.thearea.co.nz that’s got a few links. I’m represented by quite a few galleries around New Zealand. In auckland you could try The Parnell Gallery, or Momentum gallery, or the Williams Gallery i Petone in Wellington. New Zealand Fine Prints (on line) also has a decent selection. ’
• ‘i enjoy otis’s work does he have a website? ’
• ‘Otis Frizzell’s limited edition print of God Bless Samoa is now available. Purchase here http://www.prints.co.nz/page/fine-art/PROD/Artists_Frizzell_Otis/8821 – 100% of the proceeds of every sale go the the Red Cross Samoa Tsunami Relief fund. ’

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• ‘Discussion now continued (hopefully) on the new posting: http://eyeofthefish.org/the-5th-scenario/ ’
• ‘Maximus – just to confirm: the public meeting is booked for 22 October; 7.30pm – 9.30pm at St Catherine’s College Hall – 14 Upper Bourke Street, Kilbirnie. cheers Richard MacLean – WCC Ext Comms ’
• ‘But then again there is that whole Japanese Temple thing, where the whole temple gets rebuilt every 20 years, and yet overall the temple is 400 years old. In a building like the Maranui, the significant cost in rebuilding will be because of the difficulty in cutting out burnt material like studs etc. Better to just “pull it down and start again”? – Mr Spanky, you may be right ’

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• ‘Prole – we haven’t put up the other ones in the competition yet, but yes, they would be an interesting contrast. And for once I think that the profession have come out rather well off from this competition, in comparison to the public. Aside from teh school kids, with their wonderfully naive drawings and perceptions of reality, the general public seem to have totally lost the plot. A Rugby Museum. A place for NZ produce, such as NZ fruit juices. A jewish holocaust museum – just explain to me what relevance a memorial made of 600,000 buttons would have to murdered Jewish school children stuck on a wharf in the middle of Wellington harbour? ’
• ‘“And, Pike says, the competition has brought forward entries from parties keen on investing in the Outer T � something Wellington Waterfront Limited was hoping for.” (Capital Times) A blue sky concept competition ….. Yeah right! ’
• ‘Love the various design ideas, particularly the one that looks like a huddle of giant glowworms in a sexual frenzy. Truly, I haven’t seen anything so unusual since I stopped taking LSD back at Uni. But here’s the thing: people need to want to *go* there. It has to have shops, places of interest etc, otherwise it just becomes a monument to some architect’s ego. Adding giant glow-worms to Queen’s Wharf doesn’t change the equation. It needs to be a place attractive and habitable by human beings. And it needs to be approachable and integrated with the rest of the waterfront. So I agree with the previous poster: tearing down the ASB monstrosity would help. But I’m sure if we put up these proposals and then have a democratic vote by all of Wellington then the best design will burst forth. This is the way it is with all urban design. Just as it is with art, the masses always have the best sense of taste and aesthetic, not to mention the best long-range vision. ’

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• ‘Hey, great blog. Ive sold Archaus projects for 15 years., including the QBA apartments just up the road…really good to see comment on Tattoo. They want it to be a step up.Mike Dennis & on this, Ash are keen for the right reasons. Hows this for the old days. In 1992 I tried to sell 4 townhouses off the plans just along the road. ( The caryard on corner of abel Smith & Cuba). Area was not the trendy deal of today! For John Robinson. Only got one taker ( the colourful John Hunter, born 100 yards away in Tonks Av) so it was screpped. The Piercing studio building was derelict, full of urine & streetkids. I think it sold (4 flats, trashed, & 3 shops for $325 000) It was I suggested “Colin go back to selling $85 000 cottages in my Vic .No one is going to shift back into town.” Good they were wrong. ’
• ‘Davidp – stick a fan on the ceiling – centrally located moving slowly and quietly ’
• ‘Philip>The double height spaces look really spacious, its a shame we dont see more of them in wellington. My place has the sleeping area on the mezzanine floor and the living area downstairs. I love it for its sheer funkiness, as well as the light and the space. Essentially I have a three room apartment, and two of those rooms are bathrooms. But, and this is a big BUT… the lower area is really hard to keep reasonably warm in winter. By the time it is tolerably warm downstairs, the upstairs is tropical. ’

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• ‘Thanks for your informative comments (and photos) Denise.Good luck to the team - will be watching with interest!.Kia Kaha!!Cheers,Bill P.(Ryans Grandad)’

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