So what you are saying is, Its hard to know if someone has anything interesting to say if they are trying to be attractive. I assume you are cleverly asking the question would anyone care what I say if I wasnt hot?
Funny this is in the news on the same day that chch are planning on allowing houses that will be affected by this to be extended. Its going to be a big problem for our kids to pay for.
You cant make people believe something they dont want to believe. Its the same as telling people that there isnt enough room in a city for everyone to bring a car. It does not matter if you are right people mostly believe what they want to be 1.
The poll is interesting... seems to show that 3/4 people support easy access to it for medical purposes and almost 50% are happy for it to be sold with the same restrictions as alchahall.
Id be happy with a nice path and access to the park like area where the gardens of houses used to be. But as long as its not too expensive or smelly (rowing lake) Im happy.
You been yet? They pretty much copied the successfull ones in Europe and its really quite good. Building a city round a community center that promotes learning isnt a bad thing.
The problem is that drugs in your system do not mean you are high. They could link nicotine in ypur system to crash numbers and get a similar result... but that does not mean smoking tobacco causes crashes.
Nope, its the lack of support for people with life skills from outside the classroom being supported in to the profession that is worrying. The best teachers I had as a child had all done something else other than teach.
In reality the problems in the city are not caused by or solved by cycle lanes. My opinion is that people would enjoy shopping in the city more if there were more pedestrianised streets. It works in the malls.
I suspect we are just going to build a smaller version of Auckland that shuts earlier. Since we are soon to waste more than half a billion building a stadium that isnt even the only one on the island. 500m could build Christchurch world class participation sport venues that would be the best of their type in the southern hemisphere... but instead we build what unimaganitive old people would have liked when they were young.
Yes they are, and we should be looking after motorcyclists too. Putting in cheesewire and crash barriers without a low rail so that they increase injury to bike riders is even against NZTA guidelines (although NZTA just ignore this).
Its not the ones who are stopped while they do it that are the problem. Its the ones that do it while moving. Stopped driver texting might cost you a few seconds a moving driver texting might cost you your life.
I would assume they can fit any thousands of cars in the fields round this facility, since its the same area the A&P show parking is in. Im glad they are not wasting millions paving the whole place.
I would suggest that CAP should do the following 1. Make sure they have at least 1 MTB rider on the board (not someone who just has an MTB in the shed, someone who can ride all the trails they have). 2. Keep the locals on side as they are the people who will sell the place to potential visitors (by offering decent priced passes for casual users and hassling CCC to build or allow building of a decent link trail AKA chore boy) 3. Force the issue on planting - get trees planted at least along the trail edges (ideally natives with long harvest intervals so they dont have to do this again in 20 yrs).
There is no legal limit to the amount of cannabis you can have in your system. It is not in any way ileagal to stand near someone smoking a joint or to return to NZ from another country where you are a hash cookie.
So to confirm. The footpath was destroyed/closed due to rockfall risk and the funding to replace it is 16 years after the event? This means that anyone in a wheelchair or pushing a pram is unable to access sumner without a motor vehicle. Pretty bad show if you ask me. Surprised the government are happy with NZTA /ccc s response to this.
Frying pan... if you think chritchurch has a crime problem then you should try living in a real city. I have lived here 10 years and I havent even known one person that has been hospitalized or murdered in a theft or street attack. Living in the UK it was not like that.
Why does this city want another gondola. The 1st one is already a bit of a waste (costs more than the bike park for a lift up with your bike and has less tracks).
Seems like this guy is farming quite sustainably by comparison to a lot of others. I would like to see more public access to public land (being a keen mtb rider and ex hiker) other than that managing the land without causing serious long term harm seems reasonable.
I ride a bike some days, a motorbike on other days and drive a car when I dont mind sitting in traffic. That means I should be recorded in all camps (rather than just as a car driver) lots of others like me too.
The last govt that gave them money to feed their kids rather than giving the money to schools to feed the kids directly.BOTH governments are being stupid because both know that a lot of parents will spend benefits on themselves rather than the kids.
In fairness I believe that he was asking for more money to spend on water supply and waste water, but the council was choosing to spend it on other things (stadiums, car parks etc). Its useful to understand how funding works in local govt. Basically diffrent departments put together lists of projects and operational costs, then the people we elect decide which ones get more money, less money or no money.
Sometimes its hard to tell if you are on the wind up or you really think some of the things you say? Do you really think that Public transportation is the cause of congestion?
As much as i think that being stoned DEFINETLY impaires the ability to drive safely, I also think that using emotive examples is bad practice. I dont know anything about the case in question but I do know people crash for lots of reasons, and there must be a reason sober kiwis crash more than sober irish people.
Looks great. In happy that they were allowed to use original colours on the building. I hope the rules in lyttelton are changed so that people are allowed to do that in lyttelton too (rather than being restricted to someones idea of what heritage colours should be).
The water supply isnt broken, the standards have changed. How many people in Christchurch have died in the last 50 years as a result of drinking CCC water? Vs how many people have died crossing the CCC roads in the city.. this makes me think that spending rates money on road crossings is a better idea.
Obviously the solution to freedom camping problems is to provide somewhere to camp that has had another way to take their money.. just like free parking at malls. Tell them its free then charge them extra for something else, like everyone who goes to a mall they will be unlikely to notice :)
That goes for all political parties in NZ. They all have an ideological stance they try to justify. Its just that you notice it when it does not tie in to your own values.
Film festival ticket sales flat in Christchurch
Didnt know this existed... bit of a stretch to blame it on foot traffic in town.
Verity Johnson: Beware the Cool Girls - they're more dangerous than they look
So what you are saying is, Its hard to know if someone has anything interesting to say if they are trying to be attractive. I assume you are cleverly asking the question would anyone care what I say if I wasnt hot?
Decades of disputes over Christchurch's Cranford St
They planned a city fit to cope with the demands of the 1990s in 1970s and now they are building it....
Evangelical activities not welcome at lakefront park in TaupÅ
I expect 5 mins with these people would feel like a long time :)
Christchurch City Council's new smokefree rules criticised
I hate smoke from cigs, but it seems pointless to ban people from smoking if there is a road on the street where cars are producing worse smoke.
MPs Bill would raise minimum residency for superannuation from 10 to 20 years
Just expect the same treatment from all other countries
West Coast communities warned they must move from flood and erosion zones
Funny this is in the news on the same day that chch are planning on allowing houses that will be affected by this to be extended. Its going to be a big problem for our kids to pay for.
Johnny Moore: Rebuild roosters hurting CBD hospitality
You cant make people believe something they dont want to believe. Its the same as telling people that there isnt enough room in a city for everyone to bring a car. It does not matter if you are right people mostly believe what they want to be 1.
Medical cannabis is all the rage - but that's exactly what people in pain need
The poll is interesting... seems to show that 3/4 people support easy access to it for medical purposes and almost 50% are happy for it to be sold with the same restrictions as alchahall.
Christchurch: Where is the nightlife?
Coffee shops shut before normal euro coffee time. Visitors just dont understand that KBT is 9pm.
Shooting the messenger: Alternative tactics worked so far in struggle for courier drivers
Dont tell me...If kids didnt want to work down the mines they would find other work :)
Christchurch red zone options include gondola and floating houses
Local govt is no place for party politics. We need local representation not self promotion, party line towing & career building.
'Green spine' project front runner for Christchurch's red-zone
Id be happy with a nice path and access to the park like area where the gardens of houses used to be. But as long as its not too expensive or smelly (rowing lake) Im happy.
Christchurch's Uni-Cycle route rides off with top New Zealand cycling project award
You are saying there is no justification to protect road users who cause no harm from the road users who cause the road toll?
Hillside collapses to form New Zealand's newest lake
Need a consent to do anything that green.
"Spreading the good word of the new Christchurch",
You been yet? They pretty much copied the successfull ones in Europe and its really quite good. Building a city round a community center that promotes learning isnt a bad thing.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
The problem is that drugs in your system do not mean you are high. They could link nicotine in ypur system to crash numbers and get a similar result... but that does not mean smoking tobacco causes crashes.
Schools unable to remain open on day of teachers' strike warn parents to make other plans
Nope, its the lack of support for people with life skills from outside the classroom being supported in to the profession that is worrying. The best teachers I had as a child had all done something else other than teach.
Schools unable to remain open on day of teachers' strike warn parents to make other plans
Maybe teachers need to collectively work the hours they are paid for and prioritise the important tasks before asking for more money than nurses.
Changes proposed in $4.9 million upgrade for part of Christchurch's Hereford St
In reality the problems in the city are not caused by or solved by cycle lanes. My opinion is that people would enjoy shopping in the city more if there were more pedestrianised streets. It works in the malls.
Christchurch City Council nutting out how to apply business rate as Airbnb popularity surges
Maybe CCC are under pressure from multi nationals to stop the local people benefiting from the tourist trade..
Christchurch: Where is the nightlife?
I suspect we are just going to build a smaller version of Auckland that shuts earlier. Since we are soon to waste more than half a billion building a stadium that isnt even the only one on the island. 500m could build Christchurch world class participation sport venues that would be the best of their type in the southern hemisphere... but instead we build what unimaganitive old people would have liked when they were young.
Why our most popular meat is making us sick
Adder is 100% on the money. The machines are designed to be fast and maximize profit... not to be clean etc.
Fears over threat to city drinking supplies from water bottling plant
China
McLeod: Ive lived the carless dream and its a nightmare
Yes they are, and we should be looking after motorcyclists too. Putting in cheesewire and crash barriers without a low rail so that they increase injury to bike riders is even against NZTA guidelines (although NZTA just ignore this).
Time for tougher penalties on cell-phone distracted drivers
Its not the ones who are stopped while they do it that are the problem. Its the ones that do it while moving. Stopped driver texting might cost you a few seconds a moving driver texting might cost you your life.
McLeod: Ive lived the carless dream and its a nightmare
Ps enjoy the freedom of joining 90% of people taking 2 tonnes of metal with you to work every day.
Impossible Burger predicts animal meat will be off the menu in 17 years
If we dont innovate we are probably screwed. Maybe we need a 4 day working week?
Reigniting our love affair with central Christchurch
Id rather not pay for your parking, my rates are high enough.
NgÄ Puna Wai athletics track on home stretch to October opening
I would assume they can fit any thousands of cars in the fields round this facility, since its the same area the A&P show parking is in. Im glad they are not wasting millions paving the whole place.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
Maybe thats what you would expect from anyone with a personality type that causes them to choose to join the police.
"Making marijuana legal would have an immediate effect on MÄori lives",
It is currently easier for 14 and 15 year olds to get cannabis than alcohol.
Christchurch Adventure Park to reassess prices following public backlash
I would suggest that CAP should do the following 1. Make sure they have at least 1 MTB rider on the board (not someone who just has an MTB in the shed, someone who can ride all the trails they have). 2. Keep the locals on side as they are the people who will sell the place to potential visitors (by offering decent priced passes for casual users and hassling CCC to build or allow building of a decent link trail AKA chore boy) 3. Force the issue on planting - get trees planted at least along the trail edges (ideally natives with long harvest intervals so they dont have to do this again in 20 yrs).
Cycle trail linking Queenstown, Central Otago and Wanaka assured with $13m spend
I have had some bad times in my life, going for a bike ride is the way I deal with my depression.
Christchurch Adventure Park to reassess prices following public backlash
How many successful butcher shops are run by vegans?
Medical cannabis is all the rage - but that's exactly what people in pain need
Dont smoke it then.
Milking it: Taking calves from their mothers keeps the dairy industry going
Nz is too slow to react . Good quality Synthetic meat and milk are almost here.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
There is no legal limit to the amount of cannabis you can have in your system. It is not in any way ileagal to stand near someone smoking a joint or to return to NZ from another country where you are a hash cookie.
Christchurch City Council's new smokefree rules criticised
The fumes fromnthe cars are not ok either.
"Spreading the good word of the new Christchurch",
KarynSearle a few potholes and a carpark needing fixed? Sounds like every city I have ever visited apart from Singapore
Christchurch's coastal pathway gets an additional $18.5m
So to confirm. The footpath was destroyed/closed due to rockfall risk and the funding to replace it is 16 years after the event? This means that anyone in a wheelchair or pushing a pram is unable to access sumner without a motor vehicle. Pretty bad show if you ask me. Surprised the government are happy with NZTA /ccc s response to this.
The solution to Aucklands traffic problems is already here
Mayne some education? Most nz divers domt actually know many of the road rules or how to be courteous.
"Spreading the good word of the new Christchurch",
Frying pan... if you think chritchurch has a crime problem then you should try living in a real city. I have lived here 10 years and I havent even known one person that has been hospitalized or murdered in a theft or street attack. Living in the UK it was not like that.
Kiwi adolescents weigh more and are less fit than their parents were, study finds
Its easier to be part of the problem than the solution. Good lesson for kids :)
The shanty town of Wanaka
Call them tiny towns fill them with tiny houses and people will flock to them rather than expecting to see Ricky and Bubbles.
Christchurch red zone options include gondola and floating houses
Why does this city want another gondola. The 1st one is already a bit of a waste (costs more than the bike park for a lift up with your bike and has less tracks).
Transmission Gully motorway looks likely to be user-pays after Labour shifts gears on tolling
Apart from the cameras
Second night of 'mosh pit' crowds at Christchurch light festival spark complaints
Now that the council have started advertising events before they happen they are going to have to start planning for more than 500 people to attend...
Christchurch City Council's new smokefree rules criticised
Is be worried someone would headbut me in the face.... but i was brought up in Glasgow and that would be the expected response.
Christchurch City Council's new smokefree rules criticised
They do kill more people than guns.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
Bob is right, it will take a while for the selfish village dwelling mentality to die out.
Dumpling restaurant offends with 'Dump Rings' bags
You are thinking of fish and chips
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
We pay more for car parking than for busses
Auckland Mayor orders urgent scooter safety probe after councillor almost hit
Kiwis dont cope well in crowds though, too used to living on farms :)
Christchurch Adventure Park to reassess prices following public backlash
The only more expensive way to get your bike up the hills is the ccc gondola... and that gets around 0 bikes up it a week
Schools could ask for signed consent to teach religious instruction
Serena1 where do you get your info? Ps I have read the bible and cant see any evidence that blacks up your statement.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
And the freeloaders who are freedom parking all round the city.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
With the odd exception every car I see has one person in it. Need to get more ppl on ducatis
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
No it does not.
Farmer fighting to continue grazing cattle in UNESCO World Heritage Park
Seems like this guy is farming quite sustainably by comparison to a lot of others. I would like to see more public access to public land (being a keen mtb rider and ex hiker) other than that managing the land without causing serious long term harm seems reasonable.
Cycle trail linking Queenstown, Central Otago and Wanaka assured with $13m spend
Ennuied, do you want poor freedom campers or rich cycle tourists... you chose, we can build bike trails or car parks with toilets.
McLeod: Ive lived the carless dream and its a nightmare
I ride a bike some days, a motorbike on other days and drive a car when I dont mind sitting in traffic. That means I should be recorded in all camps (rather than just as a car driver) lots of others like me too.
"Making marijuana legal would have an immediate effect on MÄori lives",
It isnt cannabis though. If I branded arsenic as a-wine then people drank an a-wine spritzer and died we wouldnt blame wine.
Early childhood centres facing impacts of growing drug use, overcrowded homes
The last govt that gave them money to feed their kids rather than giving the money to schools to feed the kids directly.BOTH governments are being stupid because both know that a lot of parents will spend benefits on themselves rather than the kids.
Changes proposed in $4.9 million upgrade for part of Christchurch's Hereford St
@donkey I tried to ask but they are too busy with customers.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
80 million... that would cover the new stadiums losses for nearly 3 years
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
Id be surprised if nz legalised cannabis (even though logic points to it bei g a good idea). We are quite a right wing cinservative country.
Dumpling restaurant offends with 'Dump Rings' bags
Kiwis even often mock themselves by spelling fish as fush.
Plan to halt Christchurch boy racer noise: Dont let them stop
No, you dont have a car and only car owners get special treatment. They can make noise, they can store their car on public land for free etc
"Christchurch water boss wanted well fiasco blame shared",
In fairness I believe that he was asking for more money to spend on water supply and waste water, but the council was choosing to spend it on other things (stadiums, car parks etc). Its useful to understand how funding works in local govt. Basically diffrent departments put together lists of projects and operational costs, then the people we elect decide which ones get more money, less money or no money.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
They are ignoring a lot of things and deliberately misinterpreting the results.
Latest gaming craze Fortnite hooks children
The game they are playing is almost irrelevant. There are thousands of similarly addictive games designed to make you want more.
Car parking deal will compete with council discounts
Nope, Id rather pay for a child to go swimming than pay for you to park your car.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
This country is DEFINETLY not liberal. NZ is a conservative country.
Petition calls on Auckland school to allow students to wear warmer clothing
Forcing a young girl to take off clothing against her will by threatening her is probably a criminal offence... and for good reason.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
Sometimes its hard to tell if you are on the wind up or you really think some of the things you say? Do you really think that Public transportation is the cause of congestion?
The shanty town of Wanaka
Or pay people enough to live on to clean them.
Why our most popular meat is making us sick
Id say driving your car at or under the speed limit, and not crashing isnt difficult... but the evidence would seem to point to me being wrong.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
As much as i think that being stoned DEFINETLY impaires the ability to drive safely, I also think that using emotive examples is bad practice. I dont know anything about the case in question but I do know people crash for lots of reasons, and there must be a reason sober kiwis crash more than sober irish people.
Fears over threat to city drinking supplies from water bottling plant
We were only going to extract it and pour it on a dairy farm to make milk.... to export to china
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
11pm :) that reminds me of the last bus to the village in Scotland I lived in 15km outside glasgow with 1000 ppl in it....
Porn needs to be discussed with young people as it's their primary sex education
Sex is good.Violence is bad.Doesnt seem sad to me.
West Coast communities warned they must move from flood and erosion zones
Is it council Sea?
McLeod: Ive lived the carless dream and its a nightmare
Boycey- the new ones were 80k each. Just divide the cost of the new car parks + land value by the number of spaces.
Boy racers beware: Summit Rd speed limit could be 60kmh
Why, you worried about the huge number of deaths they cause?
Historic Akaroa building reopens after $1m restoration
Looks great. In happy that they were allowed to use original colours on the building. I hope the rules in lyttelton are changed so that people are allowed to do that in lyttelton too (rather than being restricted to someones idea of what heritage colours should be).
Transmission Gully motorway looks likely to be user-pays after Labour shifts gears on tolling
Because the damage we do outweighs the price we pay. I didnt even vote for them and I can work that out.
We love a BIG scoop of chips, then we throw many of them away
The ones other people have that you eat?
Petition calls on Auckland school to allow students to wear warmer clothing
If a school suspends a pupil for wearing a jacket when its cold then I dont think they are going to be teaching anything worth learning.
Christchurch Food Chase a festival to showcase the city's best bites
Me too, I just wish everything was open a bit later.
Fears over threat to city drinking supplies from water bottling plant
The milk gets exported too.... the main difference is that no cows are involved in the water export.
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
Firenet, you didnt mention the additional off street ccc car parks vs 2010 or the cost per space of around 100k (including land cost).
Schools could ask for signed consent to teach religious instruction
Most kiwis dont go to church... Im glad, because this means that most kiwis dont have a person preaching at them every week.
Christchurch council said it couldn't insulate its flat - so Lynda McKenzie got it done herself
The water supply isnt broken, the standards have changed. How many people in Christchurch have died in the last 50 years as a result of drinking CCC water? Vs how many people have died crossing the CCC roads in the city.. this makes me think that spending rates money on road crossings is a better idea.
Evangelical activities not welcome at lakefront park in TaupÅ
But I wanted the park for 8 months this year to angrily shout at people... and 5 + 8 = 13..
Ozzy Osbourne announces New Zealand dates for farewell tour
Turns out Christchurch doesnt need a stadium...
$8.5 million for freedom camping fixes this summer
Obviously the solution to freedom camping problems is to provide somewhere to camp that has had another way to take their money.. just like free parking at malls. Tell them its free then charge them extra for something else, like everyone who goes to a mall they will be unlikely to notice :)
Insurance scare for drones and e-bike owners
His problem is that he does not understand the funding model and does not want to use Google to find out.
'Strong interest' to build Christchurch's metro sports facility
Even though it has wasted public funds on parking, it wont stop me going.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
That goes for all political parties in NZ. They all have an ideological stance they try to justify. Its just that you notice it when it does not tie in to your own values.