Hard News: Party central is hurting my head
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are you sure you don't mean like this rainbow lady? dunno what she's on, but it ain't E.
Were there bullet holes in her fence?
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Not the fool squid...
I say give Paul the Octopus a hammer or eight and let him fix the shed.
hmmm Auckland - eight arms to hold you (a party) - we should move the goon squad at full force and hip hop over to Princess Wharf surely!
eh Simon G?
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If you're nominating Paul the Octopus for Super City Mayor ....I say give Paul the Octopus a hammer or eight and let him fix the shed
Can you guys please stop contributing to the Octopus Threat? Thanks in advance from the whole Human Race.
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moors the spitty...
Oh, you said huge anchors!
it'll be a fluke if McCully can get anything solidly bedded before 2011...
Life gnaws anchors away...
what with the new knife laws, shanks and other barbs will be illegal by then anyway...I think I'll heave, too...
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Can you guys please stop contributing to the Octopus Threat?
Damn, it's a whole new arms race.
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@ Alan - she went to skool man! she knows!
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Tasers? Oh great. Who would get them?
McCully deserves it.
It's time Prime Minister John Key popped the dummy back in Murray McCully's mouth and sent him off to the Chris Carter home for over-stressed politicians.
Threatening to take all his toys back to Wellington if Aucklanders don't kowtow to his "giant slug" proposal for the "party central" venue on Queens Wharf is just infantile. If this is what passes for negotiation in Foreign Minister McCully's world, the whales are surely doomed.
Warning - comments after that story plumb new lows of duncehood, even for Herald readers.
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@Christopher - true or old? on third thoughts, probably fish.
"the visible spectrum...is full of rainbows"
come and get it while the meme is hot.
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@ Alan - oh, didn't you know - we are descended from the stars you know and that was one big rainbow. Besides, Judy Garland sang about rainbows so it must be true.
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I sincerely hope some bright young student is keeping a close eye on this. It would make for a great Masters research project.
Hmmm! Mine seem too busy out partying to keep a close eye on anything.
We have a perfectly good shed down the back. Put a few Welsh fans in there with a keg?
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Piers d'resistance, come on Auckland...
..it beggars belief they can make such a dog's breakfast of this whole thang...
not so much Alms for Children
more Hunters and collectors...
so Skin your shed and let's get started... -
Skin your shed and let's get started
We could all go skinny dipping, with the Octopus?
This just had to be played. Bring the cheese, and beware the Octopus. -
I think I'll heave, too
Then he'll heave two back at ya!
Piers d'resistance
"Wharf wharf" it's a dog!
Shanks - could be a good knees up too.
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Mayor Banks offers to help gummint choose another party venue. What happened to Aotea Square with its big screen?
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Piss up. Brewery. Couldn't. A. Organise. In. A.
Mix and mingle as applicable.
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Nice to see Banksy trying to break the world record for the distance a tongue can be crammed up the arse of a head of government.
I'm sure it's in the Guinness Book somewhere.
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Robyn Gallagher spake:
Do you think John Key has ever actually partied? Like, real hard-as?
Well, there was that "Groove into the future with National" thing a few years back. Although I don't recall the news footage showing him partying much. Or at least none of the hard-as variety.
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McCully's off on another blather.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657398
He even gets in a Supercity sales pitch.
To One News, Mr McCully said: "We come to Auckland where there is this train-wreck of a local government set up and, frankly, it's very hard to do business here."
"Nothing could be as bad as what we have at the moment. As an Aucklander, I find this embarrassing."
As an Aucklander, I find you embarrassing, Murray.
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And McCully joins in the character assassination against Mike Lee like a bitchy twihard.
"I'm not sure what Mike Lee was smoking," the World Cup Minister told 3 News.
The Herald and others keep claiming the ARC have "changed their tune" - comparing their decision with one earlier utterance by Lee about the sheds (which Key and co are quoting consistently). The ARC resolution said all along that it was subject to Historic Places Trust approval. The unravelling of some of the dodgy internal ARC process (remember Joel Cayford writing about that) has certainly meant the final decision reflects more respect for heritage expertise.
But the irony of this government accusing anyone else of flip-flops is pretty obvious. And the problem here as usual is central govt priorities ("I know, let's have a party on a grey windswept wharf with a massive cruise ship tied up alongside to promote the city on international telly") being out of line with local ones ("what can we do with this rare public waterfront space and these rare un-demolished old buildings?"). Remember the region's mayors unanimously resolved not to approve demolition of the sheds before the amalagamation kicks in on 1 November.
However it's central govt that holds the purse strings and the ultimate regulatory power - and this is played out constantly in transport projects and anything else requiring major investment. The current bunch being crass bullies just makes it more obvious. And watch for the handpicked ATA's role if this twists and turns in ways that require any new money to change hands (say, to buy out the govt's share of the wharf).
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Jim Hickey here...
Just a minor point but the weather might not be TOOOO bad. Tournament runs from September 9 to October 23 which is in spring, not winter.
September is the 4th wettest month (116mm) after July, June and August, while October is the 3rd driest month (91mm) with only January and February drier.
High and low average temps are 9 - 16 in September and 10.5 - 18 in October. When the games are on in the evenings it'll be somewhere in the middle you'd guess.
I'd rather be outdoors in Auckland in those months than certain other parts of NZ at the same time of the year. But I'm fairly confident I'll be either on my couch boozed as hell watching on TV or at a mates house boozed as hell watching on TV or at Russells boozed as hell hiding in the bushes watching on TV through the window.
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There will be extensive liquor industry involvement either way, is what you're telling us. :)
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There will be extensive liquor industry involvement either way, is what you're telling us. :)
I'm looking for a sponsor.
At this stage it's looking like being my current one which is the Ministry of Education.
We have this deal whereby I manage 120 teenagers each day in exchange for beer vouchers, or money as they call it. Sometimes I have to waste it on food, electricity bills and other nonsense.
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Recordari said:
Piss up. Brewery. Couldn't. A. Organise. In. A.
I have a sneaking suspicion that many of the people involved in these plans should've been instantly disqualified for thinking it's pronounced 'par-tay'.
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If you're nominating Paul the Octopus for Super City Mayor (and perhaps Minister of the World Cup too), I'll happily second that.
Go right ahead. But make sure Paul is enrolled to vote - deadline is August 20. </PC-stridentness>
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Fscking rainbows, how do they work?
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