Month: September 2010
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Love your library
Lyndon Walker The Auckland Supercity merger will see Aucklanders have access to the 55 libraries and four mobile libraries in the Auckland region; from Wellsford to Waiheke to Waiuku. This will make it the largest collection of libraries in Australasia, giving Aucklanders access to around 3.5 million items. Beyond the books, public libraries provide many…
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The Great Radio New Zealand Mayoral Debate
by Greg Presland I attended the Mayoral Debate this morning hosted by Radio New Zealand. Present were the three leading candididates, Len Brown, John Banks and Andrew Williams. Before the debate started the body language was fascinating. Len and Banksie shook hands warmly. The chill between Banks and Williams was evident. Len spoke about his…
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Why we CAN get the public transport right
Lyndon Walker A few years back I was staying in an outer suburb of Sydney with friends. We were catching a train to the city but missed it narrowly. My friends were bemused when I ran down the ramp to try to catch it. Of course my experience of public transport was from Auckland, where…
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Why Local Government is important
By Greg Presland Our hearts and best wishes go to the people of Christchurch who are obviously struggling with life changing events. After seeing the photographs and video all that I can say is that I am astounded that as far as I am aware no one has been killed as a direct result of…
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Waitakere Ranges candidate Steve Tollestrup on why this election is important