A little bonus reading for Wednesday. Eye of the Fish has posted a great piece on the “Soviet style apartments” that have been mentioned in relation to Shelly Bay. There is a […]
Eye of the Fish: Soviet style apartments
WCC Elections 2019: The Silent Eastern Ward Councillors; who are they, what did they promise, and what have they done?
It’s time to take a far closer look at the current Councillors around the city, and with the seething issue of Shelly Bay in the forefront of everyone’s minds, I thought we’d […]
Peter Jackson posts again; up to 34,000 truck movements and deafening silence from the Council continues
In this third post on the Shelly Bay shambles, Peter Jackson releases a commissioned report that shows the need for approximately 34,000 heavy truck movements to support any development. Again, he raises […]
Shelly Bay: Big Read: Long shadow over development of Wellington jewel Shelly Bay
Dear readers, in the Dominion Post today an excellent in-depth article on Shelly Bay. It has extensive background and history of the area and parties involved and leads up to a good […]
Wellington Elections 2019: The biggest losers and winners of the week thanks to Shelly Bay
In the first of a regular weekly opinion column, we are going to look at the biggest losers and winners of the week in local politics. Shelly Bay has been the topic […]
WCC Election 2019: Shelly Bay: Media overload, “some of my best friends are Maori”, wounded feelings, and more analysis
The Dominion Post today running a full front page titled “Battle for the Bay” including five pieces on the ongoing Shelly Bay saga. Yesterday, the NZ Herald also ran a piece, and […]
WCC Election 2019: Shelly Bay: Ian Cassels steps into the fray. Now what?
Developer Ian Cassels has responded to Peter Jackson’s criticism of the Shelly Bay development, saying that Sir Peter’s published statements “repeat a series of falsehoods and present an entirely incorrect and misleading […]
