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    • A gentle hum
      • The Dominion Post is reporting a persistent hum across the neighbourhood, for which inventive and interesting explanations have been proposed. (Our favourite: Mt Victoria is humming because no-one has taught it the words.) Perhaps we should teach the words …. … Continue reading →

    • Where’s the new tunnel going?
      • There’s been a bit of speculation over at Eye of the Fish about the location of the second Mt Victoria tunnel that the NZ Transport Agency – against all logic and economic rationality – wants to drive through our neighbourhood. … Continue reading →

    • Taking the p*ss
      • There’s been a gradual process of installing bus shelters around Wellington, and a couple have recently made an appearance at the bottom of Elizabeth St – where they’ll no doubt be welcomed by passengers waiting in the wind and the … Continue reading →

    • And we’re back!
      • After quite a few months in the wilderness of Teh Internets – brought on by a failed motherboard and a corrupted RAID drive – the Mt Victoria website has returned. Please bear with us for a few more days as … Continue reading →

    • Hands Around The Basin – Sunday 25 September at midday
      • The New Zealand Transport Agency plans to destroy the character of the Basin Reserve by building an expensive and unnecessary flyover around it. The 'Road of National Significance' will affect Wellington's green belt and access to eastern suburb sports facilities and will cost tax- and rate-payers $97 million to move traffic congestion 300 metres. It makes no economic sense and will result in the shortsighted destruction of the Basin as a sporting and cultural venue. Show your solidarity around the Basin Reserve and tell the politicians to 'bowl the flyover'. And lend us your arms to give the Basin Reserve a hug of protection. Join us at the Basin Reserve 12 noon on Sunday 25 September for speakers, information and music. For more information email: kent@mtvictoria.org.nz or Phone Bianca: 021 641 123 Continue reading →

    • Petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday
      • Living Streets Aotearoa are planning to play petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday 2 July at 1pm, reclaiming the area for people instead of cars. According to Ellen Blake from Living Streets: Come to Buckle Street opposite the Carillion and play petanque for our community. Reclaim this ugly road space and turn it into a fun area for an hour or two with other Living Streets members and supporters. Bring your petanque set or join a team to protest the RONS being imposed on us as far as the airport. Weather permitting of course! Sounds like fun - see you there! Continue reading →

    • Compassion costs $6 per day
      • Notable Mt Victoria identity and lifetime MVRA member Richard Giese died at the Rita Angus retirement village in Kilbrinie in February. He was 85. In itself, this would be a sad but unremarkable death at the end of a long and productive life - but at the coroner's inquest into his death this week, it was revealed that his body remained undiscovered at the retirement village for 12 days. The operators of the retirement village - Ryman Healthcare - noted that making sure 85-year olds were safe in their units was an extra-cost option: Susan Bowness, North Island regional manager for Ryman Healthcare, which runs Rita Angus and 22 other villages, said residents were able to request daily checks, for a fee of $6 a day. According to their financial results for the half-year ending 30 September 2010: We are delighted to report to you on a very successful first six months of the financial year. The profits and dividends are up substantially ... The realised profit for the six months was $36.1 million, up 25% on the same period last year - and a new record for the company. Perhaps one of the reasons that Ryman is so profitable is because basic human compassion is charged at $2,190 per annum. To state the obvious, having someone to make sure you're OK is one of the reasons people move into retirement villages, and to discover that this is only done on receipt of a cheque would come as quite a surprise to anyone that had read one of Ryman's brochures. It's all very well for Ryman to wax eloquent about "community" and style itself as operating "villages", but in real communities and villages residents who have had heart attacks don't remain undiscovered for 12 days. Perhaps Ryman needs to take a look at its corporate conscience and decide what kind of business it's really running. Continue reading →

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