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Lambton Nine-Nine
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- Another week, another week of chronic stupidity from the Council. It seems hard to fathom, given the amount of flack that Tory has weathered over...
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Khandallah Nine-Nine, Aro Nine-Nine, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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- I couldn’t decide what to call the post today, as events seem to cover all the options available to us. Things in the city seem...
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Camouflage cladding
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- There is a movement that is growing rapidly, for reasons unknown, that is slowly colouring our urban outlook. It reminds me of the old adage...
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Tunnels not helping
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- I must confess that yesterday I laughed considerably and quite loudly, at the report that Simpleton Brown received, informing him that spending a billion or...
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Can I speak to the Architect?
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- The world is a silly place at the moment, with an over-inflated orange sock puppet stealing the airwaves far too much at present, so I...
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Brutalist vs Brutalism
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- Like the rest of the Wellington Architectural Cognoscenti, I went to a special Architectural Centre showing of The Brutalist in the weekend, because I do...
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American Carnage
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- Carnage. American Carnage, to be specific. That’s what DJ Rump announced eight years ago to the day, and what he will deliver in buckets over...
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Reading
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- What a great way to start off 2025, with the sale of Reading cinema to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside...
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Bus stops with gardens on top or fixing the pipes?
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- So, this is the way we are going to end the year then, is it? Not talking about Jesus or Santa, but talking about whether...
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Redevelop Karori
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- Today, the Eye of the Fish goes West, to the deepest darkest reaches of known civilisation within the burgh of Welly, to visit the Kapital...
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Mounting up on Victoria
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- And so it starts. Fears of the Mt Victoria Residents Association, much bandied about as the end of the world, have now actually been put...
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Tōitu te Tiriti hikoi
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- That was energising – and deeply moving. I’ve just come back from the Hikoi – and I feel more Māori than ever before. Yes, I’m...
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Saving Whanau
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- Statement from Wellington Mayor Tory WhanauToday I met with Councillors to further discuss our Long-Term Plan amendment in the lead up to official deliberations on...
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Bridge to Nowhere
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- I’m probably going to lose a few friends over this, but I don’t think the City to Sea Bridge is worth trying to save. As...
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On the Books
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- Everybody likes an award. Oscars, Turners, Pritzkers, Bookers, Emmys, Tonys, Baftas, Goftas, Tuis and Taites. The Guardian has just reported on one many of you...
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The Mystery of the Vibrating Apartment Building
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- Oh dear. That’s awkward. Twas a weekend of weird events and catastrophes. First we had one fifth of our Navy hit a snag – searching...
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Fast Track Bishop
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- Say what you like about Bishop (and I do), but he is fast. Very fast in fact, and not really caring about the ethics or...
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Kainga No More
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- The Luxon-lead government continues its attack on anything that the Labour Party ever managed to do, with the release today of news about the Kainga...
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The Life and Death of Great New Zealand Cities
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- There’s been a lot of talk about the death of Wellington ever since John Key opened his cat-flap back in 2013. “Wellington is dying” he...
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Te Ngākau Civic Square
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- This is what the Council were discussing last week Te Ngākau Update Council Briefing – September 2024 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – Key Approaches:...
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Five and a half BILLION on potholes
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- Five and a half BILLION on potholes. There, I’ve said it again. Barmy. The Minister looks like a schoolboy and appears to have an obsession...
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Let’s go solar
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- What a curious government we have at present, full of balls, bald heads and bravado, but not much in the brains department. There are many...
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Mr Penk, Parliament, and pandering to Practitioners
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- Following on from the last post (different tune to the Last Post, if you know what I mean), as promised, I went along to Parliament...
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Paris beckons
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- Like many of you, I woke early on Saturday morning to watch the start of the Olympic Games in Paris. Sunny pink sky down here...
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H1 or Undone?
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- Apologies for the absence – I’m been busy / away / unwell / take your pick. I just have worn myself out and can’t stand...
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Arch Centre AGM
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- You may be interested in this, which is on in 2 days time from now. Yes, there is the AGM of the Architectural Centre, but...
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Last-ditch bid to save fantastic Modernist building
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- A group fighting to keep the Gordon Wilson Flats from being demolished, despite the building having sat empty for years, has come up with a...
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Brown = sheer stupidity
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- I honestly did think this was a belated April Fools prank, yes indeed. I mean, a long tunnel, under Wellington, going from the Terrace tunnel...
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Winston: Exterminate! Exterminate!
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- I’d love to have a real life conversation with Luxo right now – to see if he is regretting his decision to get into bed...
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Khandallah’s new mega-development
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- Wellington has long been nicknamed the “mini-Manhattan” for its shimmering high-rises sitting on the edge of the harbour. Recent changes to the District Plan will...
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