Was anyone around Newtown Park on Tuesday between 9am and 11:30am? Someone stole Doyle's wallet & a couple of the players watches from the locker rooms at training
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/loss-wellington-phoenix
Russell needs add Head of Security to his job description.
Anyone know what the latest is with Martin Luckie?
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Hopefully they didn't pinch anything from the trophy cabinet..oh hang on
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the irony of a thief stealing a fair play award.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Russell needs add Head of Security to his job description.
Anyone know what the latest is with Martin Luckie?
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Russell needs add Head of Security to his job description.
Anyone know what the latest is with Martin Luckie?
What's the building
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Russell needs add Head of Security to his job description.
Anyone know what the latest is with Martin Luckie?
[/quote] drive past every day. One pitch was grassed first and just had its first cut. 2nd pitch was grassed a month or so later. Bot
h looking good. Hope they do a decent job on the building. Has good potential
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Nix have now moved from Newtown!
I'm an optimistic pessimist.
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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Wish they'd show more about it.
Yeah I wonder what is like, all I've seen is the grass looks nice https://www.facebook.com/pg/photomacnz/photos/?tab...
I'm an optimistic pessimist.
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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As a resident of Hutt City I'd like to thank the ratepayers of Wellington for funding this infrastructure for the Phoenix :)
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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Turf looks superb. Don't think renovations on building finished yet . There is some kind of extension being added. Maybe a deck.
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As a resident of Hutt City I'd like to thank the ratepayers of Wellington for funding this infrastructure for the Phoenix :)
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As a resident of Hutt City I'd like to thank the ratepayers of Wellington for funding this infrastructure for the Phoenix :)
A fan is a fan.
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I suspect that the real reason that WelNix stopped pushing for a boutique stadium was nothing to do with NIMBYs, but was because they needed a 20 year licence to make it commercially viable and the FFA wouldn't give them one, but they didn't want to jeopardize those negotiations so instead didn't bother pushing their case for the stadium or engaging with the misinformed angry mob.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
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As a resident of Hutt City I'd like to thank the ratepayers of Wellington for funding this infrastructure for the Phoenix :)
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
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I suspect that the real reason that WelNix stopped pushing for a boutique stadium was nothing to do with NIMBYs, but was because they needed a 20 year licence to make it commercially viable and the FFA wouldn't give them one, but they didn't want to jeopardize those negotiations so instead didn't bother pushing their case for the stadium or engaging with the misinformed angry mob.
I think so too, they put it out there and just let it fizzle out with no real interaction with the community. Unfortunately they've probably burnt a few bridges (although no doubt its forgotten now), and also they left fans in the lurch as some of them were attending the meetings, etc. that the club was absent from. They handled the whole situation appallingly, can't blame the NIMBYs this time.
A more cynical person might think that they never actually intended to build a stadium, that they commisioned some pretty pictures and strung along the council and fans just so they had an extra bargaining chip to show how serious they were to the FFA.
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Sorry, its not clear to me what the benefits are to the ratepayers who have coughed another half mill in a time that council rates consistently increase by more than inflation and salaries
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benefit to the community is another quality football ground that the community can access just like they can all other grounds - by booking it.
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Sorry, its not clear to me what the benefits are to the ratepayers who have coughed another half mill in a time that council rates consistently increase by more than inflation and salaries
Because the council needs to invest in the infrastructure it owns. Martin Luckie was a bog beforehand. Other council grounds also need greater care and attention.
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Sorry, its not clear to me what the benefits are to the ratepayers who have coughed another half mill in a time that council rates consistently increase by more than inflation and salaries
Because the council needs to invest in the infrastructure it owns. Martin Luckie was a bog beforehand. Other council grounds also need greater care and attention.
Maybe Karori park is due for another re-lay.
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As a resident of Hutt City I'd like to thank the ratepayers of Wellington for funding this infrastructure for the Phoenix :)
Yes, I'd like to cross the floor on this one and join you in giving that middle finger.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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I suspect that the real reason that WelNix stopped pushing for a boutique stadium was nothing to do with NIMBYs, but was because they needed a 20 year licence to make it commercially viable and the FFA wouldn't give them one, but they didn't want to jeopardize those negotiations so instead didn't bother pushing their case for the stadium or engaging with the misinformed angry mob.
I think so too, they put it out there and just let it fizzle out with no real interaction with the community. Unfortunately they've probably burnt a few bridges (although no doubt its forgotten now), and also they left fans in the lurch as some of them were attending the meetings, etc. that the club was absent from. They handled the whole situation appallingly, can't blame the NIMBYs this time.
A more cynical person might think that they never actually intended to build a stadium, that they commisioned some pretty pictures and strung along the council and fans just so they had an extra bargaining chip to show how serious they were to the FFA.
Spot on. Another Gareth Morgan "shoot from the hip and don't bother to follow through" moment.
Interestingly one of the things the Phoenix touted re the Petone Stadium was open access to training fields (not fenced off) but that is not what has happened at MLP (which now looks like the exercise yard at Rimutaka Prison).
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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Also Wellington rates are the lowest of the cities.
I was interested in this, so here are the rates in each city for a $500k house, and you're right (assuming P-town's is more than Wellington's which, when you consider that Q1 on their Rates FAQ is "Why are my rates so high in Porirua?", I suspect it is safe to do).
| Resi Rates on a $0.5m house. | ||
| Hutt | $2634.20 | |
| Wgtn | $2374.01 | |
| P-town | Too hard to work out/unhelpful website | |
| Boganville | $2575.40 | |
I didn't look at commercial rates but stumbled across this which suggests Wellington's are some of the highest in New Zealand...
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Also Wellington rates are the lowest of the cities.
I was interested in this, so here are the rates in each city for a $500k house, and you're right (assuming P-town's is more than Wellington's which, when you consider that Q1 on their Rates FAQ is "Why are my rates so high in Porirua?", I suspect it is safe to do).
| Resi Rates on a $0.5m house. | ||
| Hutt | $2634.20 | |
| Wgtn | $2374.01 | |
| P-town | Too hard to work out/unhelpful website | |
| Boganville | $2575.40 | |
I didn't look at commercial rates but stumbled across this which suggests Wellington's are some of the highest in New Zealand...
http://www.propertynz.co.nz/media/wysiwyg/pdf/Myth...
They're also quite a lot lower than Auckland and Christchurch.
Wellington has a large CBD for a city of 200k, because it really is a CBD for the 500k residents in the region (who are highly service orientated as there is very little manufacturing), there is no doubt that the commercial rates are subsidising the residential rates to a much larger extent than anywhere else in the country. On the other hand, the Wellington rate payers also pay for a lot of the services and events that people from the commuting cities enjoy. It's the second biggest CBD in the country, and gets the most foot traffic so you'd expect commercial rates would be second to Auckland.
If we did join as one city I wonder if rates will go up in Wellington but fall in some of the other cities in the region.
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Also Wellington rates are the lowest of the cities.
I was interested in this, so here are the rates in each city for a $500k house, and you're right (assuming P-town's is more than Wellington's which, when you consider that Q1 on their Rates FAQ is "Why are my rates so high in Porirua?", I suspect it is safe to do).
| Resi Rates on a $0.5m house. | ||
| Hutt | $2634.20 | |
| Wgtn | $2374.01 | |
| P-town | Too hard to work out/unhelpful website | |
| Boganville | $2575.40 | |
I didn't look at commercial rates but stumbled across this which suggests Wellington's are some of the highest in New Zealand...
http://www.propertynz.co.nz/media/wysiwyg/pdf/Myth...
They're also quite a lot lower than Auckland and Christchurch.
Wellington has a large CBD for a city of 200k, because it really is a CBD for the 500k residents in the region (who are highly service orientated as there is very little manufacturing), there is no doubt that the commercial rates are subsidising the residential rates to a much larger extent than anywhere else in the country. On the other hand, the Wellington rate payers also pay for a lot of the services and events that people from the commuting cities enjoy. It's the second biggest CBD in the country, and gets the most foot traffic so you'd expect rates would be second to Auckland.
If we did join as one city I wonder if rates will go up in Wellington but fall in some of the other cities in the region.
Or just go up everywhere as in Auckland...
Other than reducing the number of elected officials I don't really see the upside of a super-city. And at a regional level elected officials are relatively inexpensive.
Anyway, massively off topic.
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Really? so the Newtown top pitch AND this new pitch will now be available to footballers/Capital Football several times a week?
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Should build a boutique stadium there and run free express trains on the Hutt Line to the game.
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Should build a boutique stadium there and run free express trains on the Hutt Line to the game.
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The Nix to relocate to Maidstone Park would be awesome for me! ;)
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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My grandparents lived over the road from CIT when I was little and it's great to see that site becoming useful again.
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This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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