Media / October 2010
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Losing our heritage: a 104-year-old building, abandoned and dilapidated
- Wellington Scoop
- It had the financial support of Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward and in its glory days its history included being used as a church hall and a music studio. The scruffy, dilapidated building at 30 Arthur Street used to be the Boys’ Institute – built in 1906 by the same architect who designed the Wellington and Christchurch railway stations.
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- heritage-buildings
- bypass
- earthquake-strengthening
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Basin Reserve traffic problems – the mayor’s solution doesn’t require a flyover
- Wellington Scoop
- Some expensive ideas about Basin Reserve traffic flow are being worked on by the New Zealand Transport Agency, the city council and the regional council. I disagree with a flyover or any large increase in capacity. However, we could improve north/south bus flow without expensive and intrusive infrastructure.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Six foolish rebels without a cause
- Wellington Scoop
- Six Wellington city councilors made a foolish political mistake yesterday when they allowed their names to be used in a report complaining that the new mayor hadn’t yet spoken to them about the makeup of the new council.
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Artificial turf – a value-for-money plan for the new council to complete
- Wellington Scoop
- With the election all over bar the results, I hope that the new Wellington City Council, whoever is elected, will maintain its commitment to completing the artificial turf programme over the next term. Fourteen thousand Wellington football, rugby and league players, plus parents and supporters, all deserve and should expect that.
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Buses – building on a winning formula
- Wellington Scoop
- It is time to remind the citizens of Wellington, and light rail fans like Demetrius Christoforou, that we have an amazingly successful public transport system. Around 17 per cent of the region’s workers travel on buses and trains at peak hours, the highest public transport usage of any city in New Zealand or Australia.
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- transport
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