New Zealand
All the flashy Weta effects can’t hide the bulk of Mallards Stadium New Zealand. Sitting on the waterfront like a giant turd that’s washed up in a spring tide. Making it translucent doesn’t help. I...
Auckland
So, the waterfront stadium will be; Decided without proper consultation Designed without competition Given to the builder without tender Is this how to run a $500 million, which will en...
Auckland
This started as a comment on: Not PC: A billion dollar bedpan? Who on earth would want this on the Auckland waterfront? I wrote: If it's such a stupid idea then Dick Hubbard wouldn't su...
Auckland
Waitakere City Council, to whom I pay rates, is prosecuting itself for not following it’s own process. What the…? Waitakere council to take itself to court - 13 Oct 2006 - Building construction...
Well why not, we could build a levitating 60,000 seat staduim held up by Telekinesis and float it around Auckland to the various citoes as needed. Crazy idea, well it’s no worse than the stupid idea o...
I don’t share Jim Kunstlers view of the future but its interesting to read about his recent visit to New Zealand. He did get the population a bit wrong, more like 4 million than 3, but otherwise it’s...
The whole idea of a stadium is you sit looking in at the arena so why put one on prime land right on the Auckland waterfront? I’ve seen no reports the current stadiums are overloaded, or even break...
Kiwis love cars and have more, per head, than anyone in the world . Here’s a hint why: Parnell is 9.3km from where I work. Extract from a message posted on the intranet today: “…I live in Par...
New Zealand
Auckland has a large chunk* of NZ’s population; 1,241,600 of the total 4,098,300. According to Worldmapper New Zealand has the highest concentration of cars/person in the world at 61 cars per 100 people, beating the US with a mere 48/100. Lots of people
I pass this car sometimes, depending which way I go to work. Sitting in the traffic is a little less unpleasant with a DB9 to gaze at while you wait. Stunning looking car, now a victim of Auckland low-life… now with even more useless content! » Oh my… Aston on Blocks
I pass this car sometimes, depending which way I go to work. Sitting in the traffic is a little less unpleasant with a DB9 to gaze at while you wait. Stunning looking car, now a victim of Auckland low-life… now with even more useless content! » Oh my… Aston on Blocks
The rates went up this year… High-rise civic centre scuttles Henderson's small-town image - 06 Jul 2006 - Building & construction High-rise civic centre scuttles Henderson's small-town image - 06 Jul 2006 - Building & construction
