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Prince William visits Wellington Hospital
- 20 Jan 2010
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- An estimated two thousand people turned out on Tuesday 19 January to greet Prince William on his first official visit to Wellington Hospital. What was scheduled to be an hour long stopover turned into a ninety minute stay, as the Prince extended generous quantities of his time to speak with sick children in Wards 18 and 19.
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Big Willy in Town
- 18 Jan 2010
- Eye of the Fish
- We’re back in business. How could we not be – today of all days. There are so many things that we could discuss – a Whale on the loose, a Dolphin run amok, a Basset feeding kittens, horrific tales of woe from the mess that is Haiti, a right royal Willy shaking hands, a Cockatoo with a cock or too, and a Fish on the comeback trail. But most of all, a giant bronze Crayfish cage plonked down on Lambton Quay, with a pinecone stuck inside. Oh, there is too much irony in the world to waste time with platitudes – knives and forks ready – let’s get stuck in.
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- ‘m-d “In hindsight, organizations such as Arch centre could well have used something like this to create a campaign of public architectural/design education. Opportunities of this nature are few and far between�” You’ll no doubt be pleased to hear that the Arch Centre has indeed got a posting on this very subject: http://architecture.org.nz/2010/01/25/primo-surpremo-architectural-justice/ ’
- ‘time for a bit of support i think ! letter to the Dom Post today (Thurs): “Letter: I applaud the architects: “I’ve read with interest the many letters deriding the new Supreme Court building. Recently, I was admiring the new courthouse and the wonderful restoration of the adjacent old High Court. I had no idea how interesting the interior design was till I saw the photos. When I remember all the interesting old buildings that have been demolished along Lambton Quay – take the Midland Hotel – I feel sad. Were they demolished in the name of “earthquake risk” or maybe that old Kiwi idea that anything old should be modernised? The $80 million budget is nothing compared to the billions wasted on bland architecture, which has made many of our towns and cities boring. Whether one loves or hates the design of this spectacular building, the fact that it has caused controversy and debate makes it money well spent. I applaud the architects’ design, imagination, and courage. STEPHEN POWELL, Khandallah” ’
- ‘As usual, the uninformed ones writing in salacious comments to kiwi-blog are getting their facts wrong. For instance: # labrator (614) Says: “That�s my point dazzaman, plain concrete columns are purely structural. The ancient Greeks knew that you can make structural items attractive to look at, the architects here didn�t or couldn�t. Even Auckland made an attempt at beautifying their solid concrete motorway crash barriers!” One of the things I found interesting in my trip to the Supreme Court was that there actually IS a bit of entasis in the concrete columns – there is a beautiful soft curve up the column, instead of the usual boring old straight cylinder. Very nice Roy. I like that. Labrator (614 comments – yee gods) is also a bit off centre with the comment re solid crash barriers. Personally, I think the crash barriers up there are hopelessly twiddled upon by endless doodling. Swoopy this, scratchy that – they’d be better off without all that tat. Still, it gives the motorists something to look at when they’re stuck in a jam…. ’
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Prince William to Visit Wellington Children's Hospital
- 14 Dec 2009
- Wellington Health Foundation
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