Shelly bay related newsitems

• • Tragedy of the Commons

    • 21 Nov 2020
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • There are a number of problems with the recent Wellington City Council decision on the sale of land out at Shelly Bay, the least of which is the fact that they have sold it directly to Ian Cassels.
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• • Motu Kairangi

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the harbour, like a giant Taniwha, you will be aware that the developer’s proposal for Shelly Bay has been a bit controversial over the past few years.
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• • Lies, Damned Lies, and Developers

    • 8 Oct 2019
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • It’s election season again, and curiously, at just this time, a new facebook page has appeared with this tag line: “An informational campaign for the proposed Shelly Bay development so Wellingtonians can separate fact from fiction.
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• • On the moral hazard of recovering costs

    • 29 Jun 2018
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • Recently, dear reader, as you may know, a group of citizens of the eastern suburbs took it upon themselves to attempt to redress a lack of responsiveness by the Wellington City Council with respect to the impending massive, dense, urban style housing project known as Shelly Bay.
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• • Failure of Government

    • 9 Apr 2018
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • It was with great disappointment that I learned yesterday of the high court decision in favour of the developers.
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• • Ahhh. Election time

    • 21 Sep 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • One always worries a little bit about the elections, but unlike the rest of the world, which seems to have gone off the rails a bit, the New Zealand election promises a great civilized action, no matter who wins.
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• • Why Stuart Gardyne should actually read the proposal.

    • 18 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • Over coffee this morning, I happened to come across an opinion piece by Stuart Gardyne on Stuff regarding Shelly Bay.
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• • Blow Out

    • 13 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • Yesterday, I talked about some management lessons from the film “Deepwater Horizon” that Wellington City Council would be well advised to follow.
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• • Flawed Thinking: Car Parks, congestion, and everything else.

    • 12 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • There’s a great scene in a movie called “Deepwater Horizon”, where Mark Wahlberg’s character is talking to the BP representative played by John Malcovich, and he quips “It’s flawed thinking.
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• • The Developer 3 Step

    • 11 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • One of the things that bugs me about this whole debate, are the adjectives surrounding Shelly Bay.
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• • Philosophy and Responsibility – it’s important.

    • 10 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • At present, the question up for debate by the council is twofold: the sale/lease of land to a developer, and the uncapped infrastructure spend that is associated with the proposed development.
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• • Why are they hiding the numbers?

    • 5 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • Having been a citizen of a democratic culture all of my life, I occasionally find it interesting that folks seem to ignore numbers.
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• • Island Bay 2: The Shelly Bay Disaster – Act II (the great cost explosion)

    • 3 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • I suspect by now, that most folks are aware of the amazing ineptitude of our City Council when it comes to the cycleway at Island Bay – how a complete lack of consultation caused mammoth issues with a short 1.
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• • Island Bay 2: The Shelly Bay Disaster – Act 1

    • 3 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • It was a dark and stormy Monday evening when David Chick, Wellington City Councils’ harried Chief City Planner scurried from one Wellington disaster to another.
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• • Concrete Jungle

    • 2 Aug 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • The real difficulty that I have with this development, is not the concept of development itself, but what has been put forward by the developer.
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• • So about those traffic lights

    • 31 Jul 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • Last night, I sat in on the very poorly notified meeting given by the council and the developer that was an attempt by them to inform local business owners about the impacts on the Miramar peninsula.
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• • The ratepayer gets screwed. Again.

    • 31 Jul 2017
    • Save Shelly Bay
    • The last few weeks have been quite interesting for the Shelly Bay development.
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