Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
Guppy getting the flick from Upper Hutt is interesting. Team Guppy from the Upper Hutt Rugby club let him down. Now, we can get used to more cycle ways from Peri Zee and her Green Party ideals. Oh Yay, not. Our roads are bad enough without them. Big potential to be a 1 term Mayor depending on how much damage she does.
People in Upper Hutt are sick of Roads not getting proper repairs, Water pipes in the streets not getting proper repairs and the forever growing empty shops in Main Street because business rates are too high. IF she addresses those 3 key issues , she stands a chance. But if she wants to concentrate on continuing the arty crafty works for parks ( A recent trend in the last 3 years) and cycle ways, she might as well throw the towel in now. I can't make the message any clearer to her. You just have to follow the Upper Hutt Community Page to see what a lot of residents are thinking.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
I'm glad a lot of the lower rates crowd didn't get into council. Although rates are painful, we need to make up for decades of chronic under-investment.
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
you've seen wellingon's CBD recently? it's a loing way away from what it was a decade ago. Auckland is not the only CBD that is struggling. I havent looked at the political leanings of our "new" council in Wgtn yet, but I.m hoping we have a mayor that can at least get everyone pulling in the same direction.
I'm glad a lot of the lower rates crowd didn't get into council. Although rates are painful, we need to make up for decades of chronic under-investment.
By the looks of it, across the country they managed to do some damage.
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
you've seen wellingon's CBD recently? it's a loing way away from what it was a decade ago. Auckland is not the only CBD that is struggling. I havent looked at the political leanings of our "new" council in Wgtn yet, but I.m hoping we have a mayor that can at least get everyone pulling in the same direction.
Guppy getting the flick from Upper Hutt is interesting. Team Guppy from the Upper Hutt Rugby club let him down. Now, we can get used to more cycle ways from Peri Zee and her Green Party ideals. Oh Yay, not. Our roads are bad enough without them. Big potential to be a 1 term Mayor depending on how much damage she does.
People in Upper Hutt are sick of Roads not getting proper repairs, Water pipes in the streets not getting proper repairs and the forever growing empty shops in Main Street because business rates are too high. IF she addresses those 3 key issues , she stands a chance. But if she wants to concentrate on continuing the arty crafty works for parks ( A recent trend in the last 3 years) and cycle ways, she might as well throw the towel in now. I can't make the message any clearer to her. You just have to follow the Upper Hutt Community Page to see what a lot of residents are thinking.
maybe, if you love roads so much you should marry one.
jokes aside, the geography and design of upper hutt means Fergusson drive gets a lot of traffic relative to the size of the city - maybe getting some people to ride their bikes (like kids to school safely) on the flat land would reduce congestion along Fergusson and Alexander. Just checking Zee's website, she lists fixing potholes one of her 4 priorities for transport so you can breathe a sigh of relief.
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
you've seen wellingon's CBD recently? it's a loing way away from what it was a decade ago. Auckland is not the only CBD that is struggling. I havent looked at the political leanings of our "new" council in Wgtn yet, but I.m hoping we have a mayor that can at least get everyone pulling in the same direction.
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
you've seen wellingon's CBD recently? it's a loing way away from what it was a decade ago. Auckland is not the only CBD that is struggling. I havent looked at the political leanings of our "new" council in Wgtn yet, but I.m hoping we have a mayor that can at least get everyone pulling in the same direction.
I wonder what happened about a decade ago?
I say a decade, but it could be more of a longer decline, I'm 20+ years past when Wellington's night life was of any real interest to me,
Guppy getting the flick from Upper Hutt is interesting. Team Guppy from the Upper Hutt Rugby club let him down. Now, we can get used to more cycle ways from Peri Zee and her Green Party ideals. Oh Yay, not. Our roads are bad enough without them. Big potential to be a 1 term Mayor depending on how much damage she does.
People in Upper Hutt are sick of Roads not getting proper repairs, Water pipes in the streets not getting proper repairs and the forever growing empty shops in Main Street because business rates are too high. IF she addresses those 3 key issues , she stands a chance. But if she wants to concentrate on continuing the arty crafty works for parks ( A recent trend in the last 3 years) and cycle ways, she might as well throw the towel in now. I can't make the message any clearer to her. You just have to follow the Upper Hutt Community Page to see what a lot of residents are thinking.
If only there was some sort of method for determining whether the views of commenters on the Upper Hutt Community Page are representative of that community. I don't know, some sort of regular vote of some sort would be good, just to let people have a say on things. How has no-one thought of this.
Auckland has been in decline for many years now, especially the CBD.austin111
Im not a big follower of local politics but Little is a very experianced in national politics. He has some huge issues to address in Wellington. The city is not quite a basket case but things are not great. IMO successive governments have neglected Wgtn. Auckland gets all the limelight and $$. No other Western country would let its capital city go into such a decline. Hopefully Little's experiance and govt contacts can help turn things around. Good luck to him....hes going to need it.
you've seen wellingon's CBD recently? it's a loing way away from what it was a decade ago. Auckland is not the only CBD that is struggling. I havent looked at the political leanings of our "new" council in Wgtn yet, but I.m hoping we have a mayor that can at least get everyone pulling in the same direction.
I wonder what happened about a decade ago?
I say a decade, but it could be more of a longer decline, I'm 20+ years past when Wellington's night life was of any real interest to me,
I was trying to make a point of the Kaikoura quake in 2016 that resulted in a lot of damage to buildings that are still closed/being rebuilt. Even now the city to sea bridge is going, which is a shame for when all the buildings around civic square finally reopen. And then on and around the golden mile the likes of the rialto cinema complex and amora hotel. The golden mile upgrade (which I hope Little doesn't stop given Whanau managed to keep NZTA funding, and stopping it now will mean the city will lose that funding) should help with the city centre.
the length of time these repairs and improvements have taken has cost the city immensely, the town hall project blowing up because of said time. the cinema complex is just stoopid!
I left Wellington for Europe about 10 years ago and had my first visit back there last summer. As a born and bred Wellingtonian I was shocked by its decline. Courtney place is a dump and the whole CBD not much better. The whole city vibe was negative. I guess there are multiple causes, the earthquake stuff didnt help. But for me Wgtn had a very strong Nimbyism. I know lots of business people who just gave up on the city and did stuff in Akld or Oz. When stuff continually gets blocked then people give up. Whether you agree with them or not Wgtn couldnt get projects to happen. Try South Coast aquarium, Weta central city museum, Hilton hotel on waterfront, Shelley bay development plus many many other infastructure projects. Absolutely Positively Nothing Happens in Wellington
Auckland is betting on the rail loop and hoping. The CBD strategy seems to have been to price out long term retail and hospitality tenants for small box short term businesses for immigration visas… though that was the case almost a decade ago. Imagine it’s worse since the pandemic and no Smith and Caugheys or key tenants holding everything together. Certainly nothing much inspirational and new in retail bricks and mortar, sadly. Though K Rd is gentrifying? Gentrified?
Seemed for a while they might pedestrianise high street.
Don’t like the loss of heart around Albert Park and the Uni. That’s a lot of historical Auckland. Pushing to a new theatre on a cold windy wharf, and the university being just a way to pump out management and business degrees for export rather take an active role in leading the culture sucks. Tim Shadbolt preaching in Albert Park, jumpers for goal posts, Kane Stanford dying his hair etc
Not that it’s much to do with me as of late!
My big concern is that apartments will just be poor people boxes with driers and a lack of concern for life style. But we’ll see. It’s halfway there… Here I feel like there’s not too much wasted space and plenty of nifty little innovations designed to make places more livable. And baths. It makes it feel like home rather than three awkwardly connected plywood boxes with a loo.
And kumara are turned into desserts, ice cream, candy, biscuits, pancake filling and have been for 400 plus years…though that’s hardly a fault of Auckland’s CBD or apartment design, but something we could be doing.
Plus most supermarkets can sell you a cooked kumara as a snack to take home! Ready to eat. Missing a trick kumara marketing board…Japan in autumn.
How’s Onehunga and Mangere Bridge? They were threatening to become really cool vibrant places a while ago, but the folk I knew there moved, so I haven’t checked in there in a long, long while.
