Author: Greg Presland
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The decision in the Nola Development application
The application for development of the Nola site in Oratia has been approved by the hearings panel. The application involves 236 residential terraced units, 98 of which are KiwiBuild, on a 4.3 hectare site. Individual lot sizes will be 150 square metres or so. The application was revised after initial responses were filed and ten…
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Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Te Wiki o Te Reu Māori is coming to a close. The past week’s events highlight the resurgence of and dependance on Te Ao Māori. Nowadays most of us, at least in the circles that I move in, have a deep and growing respect for Te Ao Māori and realise that it is the best…
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The Covid Crisis – the perils of half hearted responses
We are entering into a new stage of the Covid Crisis. Clearly the disease is not going away and there are reports of a new strain dubbed the Peruvian Lambda strain. It has made its way to Australia and should have the authorities over there even more nervously responding to community outbreaks. From ABC News:…
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Who is the real leader of the opposition?
The Standard is having a few technical issues with some technical problems. Hopefully the multi talented lprent will resolve these soon. In the meantime here is my post on recent poll activity. There was a Roy Morgan poll that came out earlier in the week. It had Labour plumetting 6.5% points to 38.5% and the…
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The Waima Treatment Plant application – round 1 to Watercare
The Watercare decision has been released and the independent panel has chosen to grant Watercare’s application to clear 3.5 hectares of pristine bush in Waima located in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area. This is regrettable. I have said previously that in assessing the merits of this application the Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s concern is that…