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Couch to house fire was inevitable
A house fire in North Dunedin was inevitable, and it was lucky – this time – that there were no deaths. Police noticed the fire and woke and evacuated sleeping residents. ODT: House fire caused by...
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Labour moves into local body politics
The Labour Party are at least looking in to becoming more closely involved in local body politics. It’s impossible to avoid questions about Phil Goff’s bid to become Auckland mayor while remaining a...
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TPPA Roadshow today
The TPPA Roadshow will be held in Dunedin today. I’m going as an interested observer. The Government will run a number of events on key TPP outcomes. These will be aimed at ensuring businesses are able...
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TPP Roadshow report
I went to the TPPA Roadshow in Dunedin this morning. There were a few placards and signs in the Octagon but very few people. Outside the venue entrance there were three polite protesters handing out...
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What to do with an unspent $1m?
Dunedin mayor Dave Cull say he is committed to keeping rates within a self imposed 3% limit – about three times the inflation rate and after increasing rates in previous years. ODT reports: …it was...
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Mayor and councillors pleased with 3%
Yesterday I posted What to do with an unspent $1m? The Dunedin City Council spent it and were happy to keep a rates rise to their targeted limit of 3% (they achieved 2.97%). ODT: Council keeps rates...
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“Civil rights of neighbouring property owners”
A stoush between Housing Minister Nick Smith and Auckland councillor Mike Lee illustrates problems with both the housing problems in Auckland and the hijacking of the RMA by NIMBYs. Patrick Gower:...
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Protest blockade and backlash
An interesting insight has been given into protest, with an insider analysis of the protest against the ANZ last week in Dunedin where the most attention was given to an old women having trouble...
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Living in hope of new drugs
Serious, life threatening and life ending illnesses have always been a problem, sometimes at epidemic and even pandemic proportions. Tuberculosis has been around since at least neolithic times. The...
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Risks of rising sea levels
In Question Time in Parliament yesterday Green MP Eugenie Sage asked Bill English questions about the fiscal risk of rising sea levels. Sage tabled a Ministry of Transport report obtained under the...
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Put to the Swordfish
Swordfish seems to think he is good at numbers but regardless of if being an obvious tongue in cheek dig he is quite misleading in this comment at The Standard: I was about to say: It’s amazing how...
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Another day in John Key’s neo-liberal nightmare
Paul has been kicking off the day lately at The Standard’s Open Mike with a string of posts that suggests he is not a John key fan. They all begin: Another day in John Key’s neo-liberal nightmare. We...
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Green candidate proposes local currency
Stuff reported on Saturday that Dunedin was on the comeback trail. Dunedin: The return of New Zealand’s first city Dunedin was New Zealand’s first city, but has since been overtaken in size by six...
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Councillor critical of bureaucracy and politicisation
A long serving councillor has announced that he won’t stand again this year, but has blasted growing council bureaucracy, and the politicisation of councils. His criticisms apply across the country....
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“Dunedin is in the throes of growth, spark, confidence and regeneration”
Dunedin was a leading city in the 1800s, benefiting from gold recovered from throughout the province. Through the 1900s the city gradually declined as businesses and people headed north. This drift was...
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Fireball from Dunedin
Something like a bigger and slower than normal shooting star/meteorite was seen from Dunedin tonight. Ian Griffin (astonomer) is referring to it as a bright meteor. It travelled approximately southwest...
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Disillusioned with city council
One term Dunedin City councillor Hilary Calvert is disillusioned with what she claims are undemocratic agenda driven practices in Dunedin City and won’t be standing again. She also took a shot at mayor...
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Defamation: councillor v mayor
The acrimonious relationship between Dunedin City councillor Lee Vandervis and mayor Dave Cull continues with Cull being served legal papers on a Dunedin Street yesterday in defamation proceedings....
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Different angle to Baldwin Street
Baldwin Street in Dunedin is supposed to be the steepest street in the world. I’ve always wondered about that and am not sure how comprehensively that has been checked out but it’s quite steep. I’ve...
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Snow day
After several days of dire forecasts it looks like being a snow day in Dunedin today. There’s a very light smattering of snow on the ground and it is current snowing gently. The forecast is still mixed...
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