The CBD is emptying and it is a good thing
Recently, on the days when I come into the CBD, I am acutely aware of how I am dragging my … Continue reading The CBD is emptying and it is a good thing
Category: General
Wellington in 2021: a look back
Over the past few months, I have extensively covered the airport and its greed-driven expansion plans at any cost, especially … Continue reading Wellington in 2021: a look back
We need to build a city without noise
COVID sucks. And with COVID comes lockdown. Lockdown sucks too, except for one thing: how it sounds. I love the … Continue reading We need to build a city without noise
A mid-term City Council assessment and the Eastern mega developments
It’s that time of the term where we look back at the achievements of our City Council, and the challenges … Continue reading A mid-term City Council assessment and the Eastern mega developments
A meeting with Electric Air
In New Zealand, there is one electric plane. Just one, and it is based in Christchurch. So one can imagine … Continue reading A meeting with Electric Air
The runway extension show, edition 2021
Earlier this year, the Wellington City Council started discussing the Long Term Plan which went out for consultation in April-May. … Continue reading The runway extension show, edition 2021
Joining Inside Wellington
Mid-December 2020, following a very long and arduous year, I had written a lenghty, articulated article about Wellington growing pains. … Continue reading Joining Inside Wellington
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 … Continue reading Wellington’s Growing Pains might be the death of it, Shelly Bay, the last straw for local democracy
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 … Continue reading Postcards from Taumata Island: Spring, national elections loom, watching Wellington CBD suffer from a distance
Wellington: Day Seven – Marketing vs Messaging
After nearly a week of the lockdown, the city appears to be faring quite well. Neighbourhoods are bustling, and most … Continue reading Wellington: Day Seven – Marketing vs Messaging
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