Blogs / September 2013
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Tsunami threat calls for an action plan
- Sarah Free
- I’ve talked before about the need for a Tsunami Action Plan for the southern and eastern suburbs. The latest study shows that if there is a large local earthquake near Wellington, coastal residents may only have 10-12 minutes to get to high ground. In this case, people will need to know exactly what the plan is. […]
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Mind the gap
- Jack Yan
- People have rightly asked me my positions on transport, the environment, the Basin Reserve flyover, and libraries. These weren’t put in my manifesto in April 2013 because I assumed that they would not be hot election issues, and that candidates (whomever they might be—since only Dr Keith Johnson had declared then) would have largely [...]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The graffiti issue
- Jack Yan
- One voter says, ‘Hi, when I show people around Wellington I feel really ashamed of how our beautiful city has been covered in graffiti.’ And she is right. So what can we do? I responded in an email: You are right, and believe it or not, $500,000 of our rates are going toward the [...]
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Thoughtful Urban Planning Essential for Wellington’s Success
- Sarah Free
- A few days ago, I asked a Lyall Bay business owner what it would take for his business to grow, and his answer was swift: more space. He happens to be a successful panel beater, and that is his current pinch point. This simple comment started me thinking about the need for really intelligent urban […]
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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The Failure of Australasian Conservative Governments on Transport
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Excuse me this post. I am an Australian living in New Zealand (yes the opposite of the normal story. I’m part of the backwash.) But it’s worth keeping an eye on what is happening west of the Tasman as what is happening in New Zealand is happening in Australia too. In what sounds awfully familiar, […]
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Nice frequent transport map of Wellington
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I came across this handsome map by Brett Palmer entitled Wellington City Frequent Transport. Comparing it to the proposed bus network coming soon it looks that the only change needed on this map is a new line to Brooklyn and Kingston.
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Te Papa Collections Depart for Auckland?
- Sarah Free
- A resident sent me this via email: “The proposals to close the Tory St facility of Te Papa and move collections out of Wellington is a terrible prospect on all sorts of fronts. At present this is being dressed up as being in the interests of safety for the collections – but the facts do […]
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Nice frequent transport map of Wellington
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I came across this handsome map by Brett Palmer entitled Wellington City Frequent Transport. Comparing it to the proposed bus network coming soon it looks that the only change needed on this map is a new line to Brooklyn and Kingston.
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Handle with Care- the Case for the Wellington Runway Extension
- Sarah Free
- Like many, I was initially enthusiastic about the idea of direct flights from Wellington to somewhere in Asia. After all, who hasn’t arrived back from a long haul flight to Auckland inwardly groaning at the thought of checking through customs, grabbing baggage and having to transfer to the domestic terminal for yet more waiting, before […]
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Visiting Weta Workshops
- Sarah Free
- Colleague David Lee (standing in Southern Ward) and I met with David Wilks, GM at Weta Workshop Wednesday afternoon. The four Weta companies (Weta Workshop, Weta Digital, Wingnut productions and Park Road Post) together employ around 1500 people. We were given insight into the Weta companies, their world class crew, and cutting edge creative design […]
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Candidates: Peter Kennedy for Eastern Ward
- The Wellingtonista
- We’ve got another response to our set of questions, fully limited to 25 words.
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Our food bag(s)
- The Wellingtonista
- There was more than the usual grumbling on Twitter this week when the Wellingtonista (slash some of the individuals contained within) tweeted about the food bags they received from My Food Bag. Here is the thing: in order to be able to review something, we have to see it/hear it/taste it/use it. So yes of […] The post Our food bag(s) appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Candidates: Martin Wilson for ?
- The Wellingtonista
- We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. When we contacted candidates with our questions, we asked them to email a specific email address that all the ‘ista could […] The post Candidates: Martin Wilson for ? appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Candidates: Jackie Elliott Mayoral candidate for Kapiti
- The Wellingtonista
- We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer.
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‘Gardening Nun’ goes viral (on the big screen)
- The Wellingtonista
- If you were part of the audience at the Embassy theatre for the world premiere of Gardening with Soul during the International Film Festival you will have witnessed something quite extraordinary.
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Candidates: Jack Yan for mayor
- The Wellingtonista
- We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer.
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Conservation Week- 8th to 15th September 2013
- Sarah Free
- To do our part for Conservation week, some of the whanau organised to do a quick rubbish pick up at Lyall Bay beach. A few years ago, I did this with my St Catherine’s College Year 10 Science class as part of “Sea Week”, and the rubbish we found then (particularly plastic and polystyrene cups) […]
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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International Take a Sickie and Ride Your Bike Day
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Historically many cities have Ride a Bike to Work Days. Wellington has had them before (and is having another one in February I think). Washington DC too. They are generally good fun, and you might get a good breakfast, meetup with a few thousand other cyclists and still get to work on time. For the […]
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What Riddiford Street could look like
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This is definitely worth drawing attention to. As I said on my post about the Island Bay cycle routes I am of the opinion that there should be separated cycleways up Adelaide Road and up Riddiford Street (amongst many others). At the Sexify Blog they’re much of the same opinion, at least about Riddiford Street. […]
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Earlier bus now possible for Strathmore service
- Sarah Free
- After contacting Mathew Lear of Greater Wellington with my concerns about the need for an earlier Strathmore service, I received the following email: “Just a heads up, after your feedback we’ve amended the draft timetables and the 6:20am trip from Strathmore now added to the latest draft timetable which provides a connection to Wellington Hospital […]
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Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What Riddiford Street could look like
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This is definitely worth drawing attention to. As I said on my post about the Island Bay cycle routes I am of the opinion that there should be separated cycleways up Adelaide Road and up Riddiford Street (amongst many others). At the Sexify Blog they’re much of the same opinion, at least about Riddiford Street. […]
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Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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International Take a Sickie and Ride Your Bike Day
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Historically many cities have Ride a Bike to Work Days. Wellington has had them before (and is having another one in February I think). Washington DC too. They are generally good fun, and you might get a good breakfast, meetup with a few thousand other cyclists and still get to work on time. For the […]
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Candidates: Judith Aiken Wellington Regional Council and the Capital and Coast District Health Board
- The Wellingtonista
- We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit…. make haste to Willow in Hataitai
- Sarah Free
- I stumbled across this specialty shoe shop while visiting retailers in the Hataitai Village. They specialise in womens’ shoes, size 10 and above, and have a great range- smart work shoes, boots, casual shoes….everything really. I immediately thought of my daughter, who’s quite a bit taller than me and takes a size 10. Its often […]
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tongan Language Week 2013 – Tongan Pride
- Te Papa's blog
- Te Papa’s Pacific Cultures staff are blogging daily to mark the annual Tongan Language Week.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Capital choking on traffic congestion due to the RoNSzi scheme
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Today there was a bit of a hoo haa in the local press about the Arup and Opus report that the Greater Wellington Council commissioned on the effects of the RoNS on the Wellington region, but then embarrassingly the GWRC has been trying to ignore ever since. It seems that the Airport to Levin corridor […]
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Capital choking on traffic congestion due to the RoNSzi scheme
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Today there was a bit of a hoo haa in the local press about the Arup and Opus report that the Greater Wellington Council commissioned on the effects of the RoNS on the Wellington region, but then embarrassingly the GWRC has been trying to ignore ever since. It seems that the Airport to Levin corridor […]
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Congestion choking
- Eye of the Fish
- The DomPost today reported that an Opus report on possible future road congestion, was completed in December (now 9 months ago), but has “not yet reached the Regional Council table” ie Greater Wellington. Despite having been produced by Opus, who are completely independent of GWRC, and despite it having somehow been sat on or mysteriously [...]
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Cycling in Tunnels safely
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at each of their entrances.
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Lots of interest in developing Kilbirnie walkway
- Sarah Free
- It was heartening to see the number of residents who dropped into Rongotai College on Saturday afternoon to give their views on what could be done with the Kilbirnie drainage land. I was only there from about 1.30pm to 2.30pm, but in the time I was there , I heard so many good ideas expressed. […]
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Great time had by all on community bike ride
- Sarah Free
- We were lucky to have a nice day for the Eastern Suburbs Community Bike Ride, and we had a good cross-section of the community there, with some family groups, and a mix of experienced and less experienced cyclists. It wasn’t too challenging getting through Kilbirnie and onto the cycle way at Cobham Drive, mainly because […]
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Cycling in Tunnels safely
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at the each of their entrances.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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