Sunday, June 23, 2013

New Christchurch International Convention, Gambling and Pleasure Centre Announced

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Sir Very Clownley, ably flanked by Dodger Button with Hob Carker bringing up the rear of the entourage, today swept into town to announce th...

Where we sit....

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 I'm a conservative in most matters now - markets work - why supplant them? But we don't and never have had a 'free market'...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

What Local Governments Do

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New Central Gubmint legislation could "potentially neuter a big part of the what this country's local governments currently do...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Modular Housing, Factory-produced.

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Factory produced housing components have been around since the 1870's (look at early Kauri Timber Co catalogues....) but the transition ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

A Tale of Two Scrapers

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A follow-up piece - how Did I manage to Break a Scraper in Half? First up, I was working for the Copulating Spiders - the ol' MoW insi...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Ancient History ( a slice of a younger , machine-operator Waymad)

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The context is that common taters aver that a residential subdivision needs a lotta Plannin'. Maybe..... A much younger Waymad built...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Lifestyle Blocks

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Well, lemme just tee up the Broken Record for another spin. Right. RPM - check. No dust on needle - check. Lower needle - check The popula...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Green reaction to Whiteware Initiative

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Mr Normal Russian, spokesperson for the Alliance of Indigenous Laundrettes (AIL), had this to say about the initiative to bulk-buy whiteware...
Saturday, March 09, 2013

Rates required

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Every line item in a Council's Long Term Plan (LTP) , rolls up into one of several main buckets. The political-dynamite bucket is R...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Farming and Infrastructure

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'Farming' cannot ever be talked about as though it's a single activity. It depends exquisitely on a host of factors: altitude, s...
Friday, January 25, 2013

LG gets a long overdue Purpose Re-definition

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Statute has been amended: see the redefinition of 'Purpose - sec 10 - reproduced below. If I was still in LG wiv my cold hand on the f...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

How to Fix the Housing Mess

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A thought experiment.... There are so many dimensions to what needs to happen that no Gumnut is gonna get them all done. It will take a cras...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Economic madness in housing policy

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The economic damage caused by these crazy policies is what needs to be hammered home: HughP has been very focussed on the 'broken-recor...

Tribes...

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A village/tribe (direct descendants of the monkey clans - see ' Before the Dawn ' - Nicolas Wade) may well be the default setting if...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

A common tater complains about Housing Material Costs

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Oh, it gets better, Boatman. •Duopoly in materials (see the Productivity Commish on this) •Massive front-loading of fees on the land by Rap...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Councils and Cluelessness

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The issue with Councils (I used to be a Treasurer of one back in the day - the title says it all) is quite simple to state, and very hard to...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

LTP season is upon us again!

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I occasionally take an interest in the Long Term Plan of of the local Council. It's my money they're spending, and they are obliged...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Licensed Building Practitioners

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This will quite simply cause a polarisation in the market. Most repair/maintenance can be made to look as though it's always been there...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Councils and Time Value of Money

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The issue with Councils and bureaucrats in general can be traced to three interlocking aspects, which together have over the years created t...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Housing yet again

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Housing affordability has five components: 1 - cost of land. 2 - cost of building - and as NZ is well under scale, and hence has hopelessly ...