Blogs / September 2014
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Informed (about) Consents
- The Wellingtonista
- It’s a common complaint: “how could the Council let people build that, and not even notify anyone?” That’s partly down to a misunderstanding of what “notification” means under the RMA: it’s not just about letting people know, but also the start of a long and complex process involving hearings, lawyers and possible appeals, and it only occurs when a proposal goes some way beyond what’s permitted under the District Plan. Most resource consents aren’t notified in that sense, but they are public information, so theoretically everyone should be able to know about it. In practice, though, it’s not that easy. Lists of recently received or issued consents are published on the WCC website every fortnight, but you have to remember to look, download a PDF, and scan through to see if anything might affect you. To make that easier, I’ve been doing some work with local company Thundermaps to gather this information, map it, and let you receive alerts when something pops up. I’ve written a full description on their blog, but all you have to do is: sign up (it’s free); draw the area that you’re interested in; and receive email alerts or smartphone notifications whenever the Council publishes information about a new consent in that area. If you don’t want the notification service, you can just go and browse the map to see what’s happening across Wellington. At the moment, we’re just gathering public information about WCC consents, and this is only updated every fortnight, but we hope to get other Councils on board to make it easier for everyone to keep in the loop about developments in their community. That would make it easier for everyone to see, for instance, that…hey, a rooftop bar in Mt Vic! The post Informed (about) Consents appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Miramar is hacking and wants all the developers
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington is running its first Civic Hackathon the first weekend of November to tackle transport issues in and around Eastern Suburbs and the wider city.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Serious Monkey(ish) business at Wellington Zoo
- The Wellingtonista
- Okay, let’s get the puns out of the way. While it is never inappropriate to spank your monkey in public, and only Peter Gabriel can shock the monkey, at Wellington Zoo you can, however, touch some monkeys. Sort of. Well, the touching part is correct, but technically the Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs aren’t actually primates, they’re a kind of pre-primate. Okay, I should have written notes, but I WAS TOUCHING A LEMUR at the very kind invitation of Wellington Zoo to try out their new Lemur Encounter.
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Wellington Zoological Gardens, Manchester Street, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What’s at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue again? Maybe Sarah Palin used Google Maps
- Jack Yan
- I see the media are laughing at Sarah Palin when she referred to the White House being at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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An expatriate’s view of Occupy Central and what Hong Kong wants
- Jack Yan
- I know I’m not alone among expats watching the Occupy Central movements in Hong Kong.
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Craft Central, moves into the Center of Wellington
- The Wellingtonista
- For over a year Craft Central’s been a delightful little market held monthly at Miramar School, one of those little secrets only locals know about, like Craig the Chemist who always has stickers on hand to bring a smile to kids faces.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Review: Whore &, Lashings of whipped cream
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- I had high hopes for Whore.
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Bat's Theatre, Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Fresh start
- Eye of the Fish
- Meh. Bygones. I’m over it. What Wellington needs now, and seems very good at providing it, is a fresh start on an old street corner, and the corner of Abel Tasman and Cuba Street seems just the right place to do that. Wandering around this slightly forsaken part of town the other night, I hadn’t really realized just how funky and vibrant a mere street corner renovation can be. It’s not down to any particular governmental, or council idealistic drive, but just a simple effort by local entrepreneurs who want to make a difference.
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Abel Smith Street, Mt. Cook, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Nominees for the 2014 Capital Awards
- The Wellingtonista
- This afternoon we popped down to Vivo for the annoucing of nominees in the 2014 Capital Awards -Wellington’s premier hospitality awards.
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Snakes and Shadows: History as Poetry in Chris Tse’s Year of Snakes
- The Wellingtonista
- Cross Tory Street heading toward Aro; banish the Carrilon’s long shadow behind the white-and-teal Bible Society on your left, Nurse Maude’s mosaic gaze upon your right shoulder.
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Brand Kim Dotcom: what has changed?
- Jack Yan
- It’s disturbing to see so many Kim Dotcom jokes post-General Election, with plenty of Kiwis happy to ridicule the bloke because of Internet Mana’s terrible showing in the polls, and the loss of Hone Harawira’s seat.
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About Labour, I was nearly on the money in May
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- In May, I wrote (in the wake of the Oravida scandal): The problem with all of this is: where’s Labour, in the midst of the greatest gift an opposition has been given for years? One friend of a friend noted that maybe Labour shouldn’t be attacking, because we Kiwis don’t like whingers.
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Spot That Pigeon!
- The Wellingtonista
- Take a break from watching polls and start watching birds with The Great Kererū Count.
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Victoria, What Do We Want From You?
- The Wellingtonista
- Saturday is your last opportunity to make your voice heard on the future of…no, I’m not talking about the elections, but about something more specific to Wellington.
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Voting Weather
- The Wellingtonista
- There are signs that this election could have a good turnout.
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Bring Back Kate – March on Monday
- The Wellingtonista
- On average the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges receive one call for help every nine minutes.
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Reacting to AJE’s Broken Dreams: are there parallels between GM and Boeing’s 787?
- Jack Yan
- Simpsons fans should be able to connect the above scene with the post below.
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SHA – Central
- Eye of the Fish
- OK – so today we have a look at the remaining sections of the Special Housing Accord areas, based in and around the central part of Wellington.
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SHA – Kilbirnie
- Eye of the Fish
- As noted yesterday, there is also to be a SHA for Kilbirnie.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Under the Pollsters’ Radar
- The Wellingtonista
- At this stage of the election cycle we are drowning in polls.
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Facebook blocks you from reporting bots, fails to provide rationale
- Jack Yan
- It appears Facebook doesn’t want bot reports after you hit a limit.
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World Press Photo Exhibition
- The Wellingtonista
- A picture not only speaks a thousand words but has the ability to leave you speechless.
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What Jonny did next
- The Wellingtonista
- We have always been fans of anything the McKenzie brothers do, so we were super excited when we saw Jonny tweeting about a new waffle place.
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Where the Voters Aren’t
- The Wellingtonista
- You could be forgiven for thinking that all Wellingtonians are obsessed with politics.
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Release the Political Junkies
- The Wellingtonista
- Depending on your perspective the General Election AKA The big day/big letdown/The little same as it ever was is September 20th which is less than a month away – How did that turn up so fast? One minute we were eating our way through Wellington on plate at a time and now we have to disengage the food part of the brain and turn on the political one.
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Political Cuts
- The Wellingtonista
- Every second store I pass seems to be a Pop-Up Shop of one kind or another, but Political Cuts is something brings a different spin to the idea.
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