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Age diversity
However attractive green field and scorched earth planning is, that kind of utopia isn’t coming anytime soon. What is coming is managed retreat from flood and liquefaction areas, some population growth (though this might not be as significant as the former) and an aging population. The ‘aging’ I talking about isn’t just to do with…
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Review: Ultrawild
What: Ultrawild – An audacious plan to rewild every city on Earth. Who: Stephen Mushin Industrial Designer (graduated from RMIT c. 2002) Lives between Wellington and Australia and the rest of the world. (Is it a co-incidence that in Japanese “Mushin” means “when a person’s mind is free from thoughts of anger, fear, or ego…
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Peter Dunne on NZTA & the flyover decision
From Wednesday 26th August 2015 in Parliament: “Mr Speaker, like many residents of Wellington, I was delighted last Friday when the High Court ruled that the appeal by NZTA against the flyover around the Basin Reserve was to be rejected. And I want to say to the New Zealand Transport Authority, right now, that this…
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High Court win: NZTA v Architectural Centre Inc & Ors
Friday’s High Court decision has dismissed the NZTA appeal. Congratulations to everyone involved. Our thanks especially go to our fabulous lawyer Philip Milne. The decision can be found here: NZTA v Architectural Centre Inc & Ors. A summary of the decision can be found at: http://architecture.org.nz/basin/high-court-decision-summary/