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At the very least, those who advocate intensification need to carry the existing residents of the areas planned for intensification.
Okay hands up who knows where the most recent piece of urban intensification is in Takapuna?
That'll be The Poynton all five storeys of it.
The Poynton is a premium retirement village, situated in the exclusive coastal communities of Takapuna and Milford, on Auckland’s North Shore.
Does this count as ironic?
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OnPoint: Yeah nah, but what *do* we…, in reply to Rochelle Wilson,
Charles is among other things Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, two of the poorest parts of Great Britain. Shame he isn't such a passionate advocate for people.
#carefulwhatyouwishfor
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I let Mr. 7 guide me in the first ballot and may yet do that again, it’s going to be his flag really, not mine.*
As a twelve year immigrant and “professional Welshman” I have a flag of my own, that I have yet to relinquish.
The debate about New Zealand is urgently needed and should always have come before any flag. The last class photo including my wee man definitely placed him in the minority, which I believe would come as a shock to many here on the North Shore.
As for Waitangi day, New Zealanders should debate, celebrate and remember as they wish. As far as I can see the treaty is a living document and part of an ongoing debate. On the one hand things can and always should be better (no Maori shouldn’t need to be grateful). On the other hand, looking at Canada, Australia, and even my beautiful Wales, the New Zealand approach seems to me to be unique and in some respects more successful. So perhaps new Zealanders should at least pause briefly to celebrate the ability to do it their way and the extraordinary grace that must have been extended in order to bring this about.
So my vote would perhaps have gone to a flag that reflected the graciousness and originality that New Zealand is capable fostering.
BTW. The Welsh Flag represents a principality, which is apparently why no part of it appears in the Union Jack. With this in mind I’ll have a chat with my people if NZ ever wants to borrow it ;-)
*He picked Red Peak
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"I had to phone someone so I picked on you. Hey, that's far out so you heard him too"
Tonight I'm okay with being a lyric bot. Other stuff not so much.
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Cheers to you too RB. Not all wins are measured in cash, think of what a long way some of us have come since the start of system. Wish I had time to explain the scope of influence and goodness that comes from this.
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This is not me thread-jacking but compare the destructive transparency and relentless scrutiny of schools with how the Police are treated.
“While national curriculums and tests have been introduced since 2000, results are not published, there are no league tables, and so schools are not constantly worried about their reputation. It is less target driven,”
From the Guardian:
The great German school turnaround
P.S. You get the value of good editing when you try and put education in the title....
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what it means is that you have to “go there”, as much as it hurts or confronts or shocks you, instead of sweeping the past under the carpet and let it rot there until it becomes toxic waste.
Anke, Emma -
Perhaps I should emphasise the flipside a little. Quite importantly those who are prepared to "go there" and take on such burdens and obstructions on behalf of others bring great hope that the future will be better. That matters.
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If anything they probably see what’s been happening as nothing more than a harmless positive outcome for a favorite political party.
FTR. Appointed in 2007 Steve Tew is a pragmatist you could love to hate, but he is not a fool.
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But of late one can only wonder how All Blacks management have allowed this politicisation to get quite out-of-hand.
As mentioned on these boards elsewhere, a characteristic of this most recent National govt has been a deep insidious politicisation throughout many areas of public service. Sport is not immune. A case study is the way in which contestable research funds for Sport (they were small but did exist) have been turned into funds for the assessment of SportNZ projects/goals. Not in itself all that evil until you confront some quite sinister micromanagement with respect to how results are reported. With the benefit of time i can say things were somewhat different before 2007.
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It’s also the complete opposite of how many other sports do it, instead letting adults dead set on reliving the glory days of their youth run riot over the structure and organisation of kids and teens sport, leading to the exact kind of half-arsed results the All Blacks and NZ rowing have avoided. The miserable condition of NZ swimming is a prime example of this.
I don't think the arguments involving vicarious behaviours of parents are as straightforward as might appear. Historical participation data would strongly suggest that many parents lack meaningful knowledge with regard to the sports they are watching. The level of expertise demanded by modern sport is substantially different, even at school level which is a problem for coaches and parents. Unfortunately the discourses of commodified sport (think any given Sunday) fill a lot of the gaps, which matches very poorly with the experiences necessary to sustain and develop sport.