Posts by Ross Mason
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I am a poster who said they should throw the book at looters when this story turned up. Hindsight is a powerful weapon. I wonder how many others thought the same thing as me. I suspect half the bloody country. How correct would I be to suggest that Chris Trotter too thought that until the parents came to the rescue.
I am not trying to legitimise my comment at all but should we really need to be that suspicious of Plice (and whoever) to contrive such a court scene in the stairwell?
I am now beginning to think we might. How f*&king sad.
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Poe's Law. From the original use it could be said to be creating something out of nothing.
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he was a high school woodwork teacher before entering politics.
He's hit the nail on his head.
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Brownlee still seems to be in MINE MINE MINE mode. I really can't see the problem with waiting to demolish while allowing business owners in to see if they can get things out safely. Radio report this morning. Massage parlour girls makeup beats a ground floor full of vintage cars and another of NZ antiques. Hmmm...
Seems like this worked out OK in Napier
Administration
The Napier Borough Council relinquished control under the Municipal Corporations Act 1920, and the Government appointed two Commissioners to oversee and manage the town and its reconstruction, with the Napier Reconstruction Committee. They were John Saxon Barton, a solicitor and Lachlan Bain Campbell, an engineer.Reconstruction Finance
An Earthquake Relief Fund was opened by the Prime Minister and eventually reached $800,000. A Government Grant of $20,000 built Tin Town. $3,000,000 was given by the Government in the form of loans.The Associated Architects
The four architectural practises in Napier in 1931 banded together to share facilities and bring a unity of purpose to the task of rebuilding the town, working in shifts around the clock. But they continued (except in rare cases) to design the buildings individually. These firms were:E A Williams, who favored the Art Deco style.
Finch & Westerholm, which designed mainly in the Spanish Mission style.
J A Louis Hay, who usually designed buildings inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, and occasionally Louis Sullivan.
Natusch & Sons, whose work tended to reflect the growing modern movement.
Other architects who worked in Napier in the 1930s were J T Watson who arrived in 1934 and become Borough Architect, and architects from other cities, chiefly Wellington, who were retained by banks, insurance companies and hotel chains to design their buildings throughout New Zealand.
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Youse Aucklanders probably saw this in the granny about the news bits. WE down here didn't.
So has Dick Driver bought youse guys up there a $6m drink? Not bad payout for about 4 years of endeavour.
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Yes I see we lost 6. I was doing the usual malesurf and couldn't find the documentary channel either. Just had another check and yup, gorn. BBC Knowledge replacing it.
I DO see RT up and running on Sky. Television Ruskie. That should be contrast to Fox!!!
Damien: Manapouri campaign. The Shah of Iran's visit and Ian Fraser's "shocking anti royal" interview.
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Question Time? Probably not. A signer can probably only interpret someone speaking sense.
He's dead right there!
@Mathew
Imminent threat to human life is an acceptable trump of heritage values, IMO.
So. More than 300 people are going to imminently die this year on the roads. Gerry's answer should be to get rid of cars.
No, the two questions that need to be asked, answered and funded are:
1. Do we want that building back and rebuilt?
2. Then we pay for it regardless of the cost won't we?
If we are keen about keeping as much of the original in the rebuild then it can be disassembled first and rebuilt with the necessary engineering inserted. It's only money and because we have decided we want it. It will be done.
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HELP ......STOP.......... It was just a suggestion!!!!!!
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Emma Hart,
It was "My First Stab" bing\
Primary schools may be a better think. High schools have bigger catchments???
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here ya go School deciles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_the_Canterbury_Region