Myth Busting The Housing Accord
Groan when Government MPs think in one dimension to a problem One of the flaws of our Westminster Parliamentary system New Zealand has is our strong Party base system that occupies our Parliament. Long story short; the MP’s of a said Party basically tow the line of the party leadership and drone out what … Read more
The White House
If Only While away in Australia I managed to get a picture of me at The White House: You can see myself and The First Lady (that being Rebekka) at the Oval Office Desk with Obama to one side smiling. Don’t why he is smiling after I just handed the USA back to London … Read more
Generation Zero: Support on Public Transport
Press Release from Generation Zero On Increasing Support for Public Transport Investment I have certainly not forgotten about Generation Zero and their efforts for more balanced transport funding. This was from them today over the latest UMR Poll in regards to transport funding support levels: From Scoop.co.nz – Scoop Media Poll … Read more
An Auckland Housing Redux
Battle on Housing Goes On BR:AKL Has Viable Alternative Urban Land Use “Policy” Already And I bet we are all sick of the Housing Affordability Debate swinging from one extreme to the other and back again; both at central and local government levels, both by the centre-left (social authoritarian section) and centre-right (neo-conservatism). … Read more
More to Ponder Over
Needing Help? While I have one “Thought” post on ice as I check that it won’t land me in the crap here is something else to think over while on holiday: From NZ Herald: Kerre Woodham: Nats run out of petrol In what should have been a lovely, relaxing wind-down to the year, I … Read more
Housing, Housing, Housing
Is The Housing Situation in Auckland That Hard to “Solve?” I see the Main Stream Media and Central Government have got on the bandwagon about Auckland’s housing affordability situation. Much as I hate to say it, the MSM I am having no issues with reporting the news (when they do) but I am having … Read more
Feedback from Civic Forum
Some Feedback from the Civic Forum on the Unitary Plan Saturday I gave up my time (of which would have been in the garden) to attend the Civic Workshop on the Unitary Plan (The Rule Book). From 10am to just before 4pm, the (apparently) random cross selection of residents sat in groups while Te … Read more
Unitary Plan as Thick as a Brick
Unitary Plan On the Path to Already Fail To quote me from Facebook: “When the Unitary Plan appears to be thicker than your average Bible at home, you know there is something VERY wrong here – with our planners and planning process…” Now hopefully that is not true; but after I asked this … Read more
K.I.S.S
Keep It Simple Stupid and The Unitary Plan! Quoting from my Facebook status this morning: The Late Owen McShane taught me that any “plan” over a thumbnail in thickness (on A4 paper – no cheating with A3) is a: dead weight, too complex, and albatross around the city and ratepayers neck. I would be a … Read more
