Halfway through the term of our current beloved City Council, it would be appropriate to check progress on the biggest promise that was made at the time of the election, in October […]
Stuck in traffic? He’ll sort it
Joining Inside Wellington
Mid-December 2020, following a very long and arduous year, I had written a lenghty, articulated article about Wellington growing pains. I was reflecting on how we had navigated the year as a […]
Is it time to bring in commissioners to manage Wellington City Council?
It seems that Wellington City Council is failing to do its job. It’s managed to isolate itself from the residents, which has effectively broken democracy in the city, and there is no […]
Wellington’s Growing Pains might be the death of it, Shelly Bay, the last straw for local democracy
As some of you know, I’ve started working back in the city, at least three days a week, after some months of relative isolation on the farm. The last couple of weeks […]
Postcards from Taumata Island: Summer, grass, and a growing menagerie
It has been a while since I last wrote to you dear reader. I make no excuse for the lengthy pause between posts, sometimes, as a writer, inspiration takes a holiday of […]
Postcards from Taumata Island: Spring, national elections loom, watching Wellington CBD suffer from a distance
Spring has arrived in the Wairarapa with grass growing (it never really stopped over what was an warmer than usual winter) and everything starting to flower. Days are longer, warmer, drier, and […]
Postcards from Taumata Island: GWRC under fire at Taumata Island, the NZTA PR Department moves on Wairarapa transport, a visit to Wellington
Trouble in paradise with our neighbour trespassing the Greater Wellington City Council from his property, which as I have written about before, contains the Taumata (Gretel) Lagoon. This incredibly special wetland hosts […]
Postcards from Taumata Island: Winter doldrums, worries for Wellington, no confidence in Carterton District Council, and dangerous roads
Low lying mist early in the morning is a constant now, as the winter doldrums peak with just a few days before we start to see the light returning at either end […]
How not to fix a dying CBD: Do your duty public servants, return to your battery farm offices, sacrifice yourselves
All the dinosaurs have been out over the last few days trying to bully public servants and other staff back to working in less than humane conditions in CBD offices because the […]
Postcards from Taumata Island: Winter arrives, South Wairarapa Politics, new challenges
We have been here for a month now. The full moon came up through the pine shelter belt last night, a strange yellow ball casting shadows across the paddocks, an ice ring […]
