Blogs / October 2021
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Plan for Wellington
- Eye of the Fish
- In the great tradition of the founders of this site, who tried to help and cajole the LGWM team into coming up with a plan...
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Democracy “after” COVID: who’s gonna decide?
- Talk Wellington
- For better or worse, we decide a LOT of things “democratically” in Aotearoa – from pipe spending to health boards. Why do we have our democratic setup for deciding things? What’s the future ‘after’ COVID? Tune in! Our familiar system of picking leaders – electoral representative democracy – was born of the English, American and French...
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The Golden Mile Project is already a Failure
- Wellington Commuter
- Wellington is growing and committed to increased use of public transport But the Golden Mile Project will not improve bus capacity so how will the 13,000 future bus commuters get to are work? It’s not that LGWM failed to increase bus capacity along the Golden Mile, it’s that they did not even try … Wellington will greatly increase its bus usage Wellington faces serious peak time congestion mainly because we so much employment based in our CBD. … Read more ...
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Green and Blue
- Eye of the Fish
- The WCC sub-committees are going flat out at the moment, consulting wildly on this and that and approving all manner of things – I can...
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Three Storeys
- Eye of the Fish
- Interesting news drop today with regards to a sudden bi-partisan agreement to densify our cities, announced with a decent amount of fanfare and ensuing excitement...
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City Outcomes Contribution
- Eye of the Fish
- I have no idea how this thing works – perhaps you do? If you have any idea what is going on in the new draft District Plan, please reply in the comments below. On p32 of the new DP (Design Guide Centres & Mixed Use – DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION), it says:
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New District Plan
- Eye of the Fish
- A new (proposed / draft / actual – who knows, really?) District Plan has dropped and it fills me with dread. Horror. Revulsion. They’ve only gone and screwed it up again, haven’t they? I’m not going to mince my words about this – what is being proposed in terms of height limits in the Central Area is a crime against humanity.
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Wellington’s Huge Commuter Tide
- Wellington Commuter
- Wellington is an unusual city due to a huge portion of jobs being in the CBD We experience serious “tidal” congestion due to the huge morning inflow of commuters into the CBD and then out from CBD in the evening The peak time pressure on the Golden Mile is huge but otherwise Wellington is quite an accessible city One could rightly say that every city is different but, on the spectrum of city characteristics, Wellington City is unusual in a number of ways.… Read more ...
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Urbanerds Tuesday 12.10: NEW VENUE!
- Talk Wellington
- How lucky we are in Te Upoko o te Ika, the Head of the Fish, that we can come together in big groups to talk, laugh, eat, drink and conspire! You know Urbanerds Wellington as a glorious gathering of civic collaborations, conspiracies and cool conversations. Well, it’s getting even better with a cool new venue!...
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Safer cycling: say Yes And to the missing link
- Talk Wellington
- The last bit of Tahitai, the safe biking / scooting path from the city centre to eastern suburbs, has just one bit left! But it needs your support This is a good good thing. Please submit and say you support. Say Yes! Despite its out-and-out awesomeness, it’s facing organised headwinds (because… parking), so it’s really important...
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Review: Medea
- The Wellingtonista
- The Victoria University Ancient Theatre Society’s adaptation of Medea is an unique combination of both the Euripides and the Seneca play – and I must say, I like where it goes. It’s a fresh take on two classical scripts, and they meld together well, adapted by VATS’ Rebecca Drummond and Rebecca Scholtz. The show itself is powerful, focused significantly on Medea’s rise to power as she ruins her unfaithful husband. It’s a tale of murder and witchcraft and bloodshed, and the zingy script works in its favour.
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Pedal to the metal folks: climate won’t wait for COVID
- Talk Wellington
- The government is rushing through a COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill which includes backsliding on the Zero Carbon Act. Whack in a submission TODAY TUESDAY! It’s easy as Just popped up on the radar: the helpful peeps at Generation Zero have spotted that the “COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill” includes a whole bunch...
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Would somebody, PLEASE, think of the cars?!
- Talk Wellington
- Here on Talk Wellington you hear a lot about building cities for people, that are accessible to all. But there’s one group we often neglect. In a thought-provoking piece, Dima Kronfeld lays down the challenge: how do we make cities accessible to the person-car hybrid, like the charming Montgomery “Lightning” McQueen? Image credit:jeff_golden (with edits)
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Lets Get Wellington Leaking
- Eye of the Fish
- We’ve been waiting for years for this and although it is not yet official, at long last we are seeing some progress. This was a scoop leaked by the Dom Post – and I’m keen to know more, so I’m posting it up here. While I’m sure that LGWM have gone through millions of alternatives, and fully evaluated tham and argued endlessly over them, for the last several years, this is the first time we’ve seen anything concrete.
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