Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to simon g,
We have few media outlets, and are set to have fewer. Their quality matters …
Fairfax don’t give a toss, the truth is always mutable – case in point this morning they reprinted their print editorial on line – an all over the place support piece for developer bullies CCCL – in which it is hard to discern what is quoted speech from developers and what is The Press’s editorial stance
It ran online at 6.15ameditorial-chch-developers-are-doing-the-right-thing-by-challenging-retail-project
Last updated 06:15, June 27 2016and read like this:
At first glance the project certainly appears at odds with Christchurch’s grand plan. In fact, some say the $50 million redevelopment of the old McKenzie and Willis building goes as far as threatening the integrity of the city’s rebuild blueprint.
Details of an inner-city stoush over the number of shops being included in the Richard Peebles-led project have been revealed by The Press.
The 6500 square-metre McKenzie and Willis development on the corner of High St and Tuam St sits within the innovation precinct, as designated by the 2012 blueprint. A modicum of “boutique retail environments” is considered compatible in that zone, but those who have come out against the project say the plans go far beyond “boutique”.
Earlier this month it filed High Court proceedings seeking a judicial review against that company and the Christchurch City Council over resource consents that have been granted.
CCCL brings considerable experience and gravitas to such matters. It is composed of prominent property developers and business people, including Antony Gough, Michael Ogilvie-Lee, Philip and Tim Carter, Roger Bridge, and Warwick Isaacs.None of this line-up could be accused of not wanting, nor working towards getting the best results for the city’s redevelopment. Neither could the Peebles Group. The sticking point is over the process and at the lack of public input on development plans that clearly jar with the intended use of that part of the city.
Peebles says he is “very disappointed” about the legal challenge and intends to staunchly defend the consents he has been given. Beyond that he is not prepared to say more, given it is before the courts. The city council is declining to comment at all.
Gough is exercising no such caution. He says those in the innovation precinct went there thinking they would be part of a larger innovation community. He also says while there is some flexibility on the kind of developments within the precincts, it is not as loose as some might imagine. CCCL consider 55 shops will turn 181 High Street into a major retail hub. Gough also says the court action will establish how much authority the blueprint carries - whether the intention is for the city to stick with it, and developers to play by the rules, or if it is something “we throw in the rubbish tin”.
CCCL is to be congratulated for bringing this disparity to the public’s attention. There is great public interest in making our new city centre the very best it can be.
While 181 High Street looks good and would be an attractive destination for many, it is incompatible with the intentions of the blueprint.
What concerns us most is that consents were granted for the project when obviously the proposal was inharmonious with what was going on around it. Why were the public not given the chance to make submissions, given that discrepancy?
Unless we want to start revising what has already been done, we think the blueprint has to remain as the central city’s authoritative and over-arching recovery document.I placed a comment at about 8am, ripping this 'rah rah' piece to shreds, by 11am that had not appeared so I placed another comment marvelling at the lack of comments on such a ‘red rag’ of an editorial, also suggesting they not bother having comments enabled if they weren’t going to accept any (or close them rapidly if they don’t get the comments they want) and lo and behold, next time I checked the comments were off and the whole editorial had been gutted and the emphasis changed –
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/81413662/editorial-chch-developers-are-doing-the-right-thing-by-challenging-retail-project
while the last updated line still says 6.15am!!
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
Just using shorthand.
There's trouble up at Pitman...
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
Just the facts...
I’ll go with the poll reported with The Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-opinion-poll-reveals-majority-8283139
oh the one with a sample of 1069 people and gleefully says
In our exclusive poll, half (48%) of British adults say that they are happy with the result, with two in five (43%) saying they are unhappy with the outcome.
so that's really 48% of all British adults is it?
Hell no!
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Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to John Farrell,
…read The Guardian.
that’s a sneering fantasy world according to Matthew Hooton (obviously a Daily Mail reader)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201806018/political-commentators-stephen-mills-and-matthew-hooton
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to BenWilson,
Ummm ER...
...a good time to ask the Queen what she thinks.
Those old German families (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) have always looked to Europe to enhance their genial gene-pool - though Phil the Greek (a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, born into the Greek and Danish royal families) seems to be the last non-Brit / Euro to marry into the family business...
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Marc C,
Pressing on...
Unless there is some realisation that journalism comes with responsibilities, we will have more bad and unexpected decisions made in elections, leading to serious risks for local, regional and also global stability.
...and today NZME finds out what the public (and investors) think it is worth prior to the unholy merger with Fairfax - to make the beast with two backs (and no subs) - heck Fairfax journalists think villain is spelt 'villian' and that 'perpetuated' is the same as perpetrated...
Heres hoping they can still spell Czech....http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/81477948/Listing-puts-price-on-NZME
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More kneejerk than Morris dancing…*
I liked Kim Hill’s description of the Brexit win – (from memory) ‘like a dog that chases a car, what happens when you catch it?’ – the Leave camp doesn’t really seem to have thought it all through particularly rigorously.* still those hankies would be useful…
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Soft…, in reply to Russell Brown,
f the Top 20 this week
How come it is dated 27th of June - do they know the future?
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More on the Chart compilation:
At the end of an isolated gravel road in the hills south of Cape Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay lives a man in a cottage who reveals the nation's weekly Top 40 music chart.
Surrounded by sheep and cattle traipsing through tree-lined paddocks and rolling hills sits Phil Matcham, on his deck, cup of tea in hand and cat Heidi nearby.
It's from this unlikely setting that, every Friday at 5pm, the nation is informed of the hottest trends in the nation's pop music scene. -
This is good for watching the Brexit vote finale...
http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum