Thursday, November 17, 2016

Kaikoura rail prospects

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The rail from Parnassus through to Kaikoura was the very last (because the toughest) main rail link to be completed.  In 1940 ish (see http:...
Friday, October 07, 2016

Schadenfreude over Energiewende

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Sacrificed Landscapes – How the Energiewende Is Destroying our Landscapes.   Book (in German, initially) soon to be published:  author is G...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Building lotsa Houses Fast

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There's a win-win-win proposition possible. I've harped on aboot this for so many years that the words just write themselves. And t...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Why RBNZ can't solve the Auckland Housing Bubble

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Common taters who pooh-pooh the effect of Supply are ignoring the Christchurch experience. There, a CERA-led Land Use Recovery Plan got a...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Why housing supply is strangled

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Common taters seem to assume that it's purely a Gubmint issue - ban furriners, build anything anywhere, tax the living daylights outta ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

Auckland Under Fire

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Henny Pulse, Deputy Squawker for the Associated Cluckfusters Collective, is all a’flutter about the challenges recently made to the proposed...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Christchurch Old CBD Precincts' fate

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Press article http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/78261803/confidence-slump-among-christchurch-landlords refers. The Precincts idea has crashe...
Monday, February 01, 2016

NZika virus

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A new variation of a very old virus has hit Auckland. It is being dubbed the NZika. It manifests by a curious shrinking, or indeed complet...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Why it is nigh impossible to put up cheap accommodation

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Roelof asks "Why can't Salvation Army be allowed to build cheap roofs over peoples heads.... Why can't we have more garages/sh...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Why Central Christchurch is still tumbleweeds

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The Press appears to be mystified as to why this should be so.  The reasons for this schemozzle are simple and unpalatable. 1 - The bur...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

SquawkLand Densification

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Henny Pulse, Deputy Squawker for the Associated Cluckfusters Collective, is all a’flutter about the proposed re-densification changes to th...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

German versus NZ builds

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A response to another idealistic article in the Press. Consider the following differences between Germany and NZ: 1 - Germany has a ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Henny's latest Squawk

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Henny Pulse, Deputy Squawker for the Associated Cluckfusters Collective, is all a’flutter about the proposed Special Henhouse Areas. Your ...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Awkland housing - again

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Auckland City Council and the Gubmint are having a hissy fit. ACC has overplayed a weak hand in any case.. They are infested with Brit-sty...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Quake Anniversary Feb 22

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In the to-be-written economic analysis of the Canterbury quake series, there will be wonderful case studies for Public Policy, Management, a...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Housing Supply - the blame game

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Housing supply articles routinely ignore the tragic comedy of planning policy at the TLA level, which is where the majority of the blame lie...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Territorial Local Authorities (TLA's) and Risk Assessment

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One aspect which has quite a lot of bearing on TLA cost structures is that of the attitude to risk. The current attitude is rules-based, w...
Monday, February 02, 2015

Mo' Moolah Required

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The Left Honorable Sir Larry Fool, president-for-life of the Small-Nation Association For Urbanista (SNAFU), has recently spoken out on beha...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Why local gubmint 'dithers'

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Local Government 'dithering', while an accurate description as seen from outside the tent, is in fact structural. LG is a creature...

Christchurch Geotechnical vulnerability

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The Christchurch situation (highly varied pockets of riverine silt interpsersed with gravel bars and peat) was very well known by the early ...