Wellington City Council is a bit of a mess, but I don’t think things are bad enough to warrant going back to the polls.
The council members themselves have definitely been in the news too much though.
Yup. Although the Green party did talk about tolling transmission gully a few years ago, and got shut down fast.
Given this road is being built as a replacement for the Manawatu gorge, which was a free route, I think this would be seen as a dick move by pretty much everyone. It says a lot about how much political nouse National have that this is even being discussed.
I think even Luxon has the political nouse to not campaign on something like this, usually the idea of a toll road is sold on the idea we get something built that otherwise wouldn’t happen.
I hope they start punching up with their humour. I don’t hold much hope though.
Silver lining of the economy being rooted, I guess.
Over 100 mil nzd to replace, I’m not sure if we have insurance.
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It really does sum up the story quite well, doesn’t it?
Oh, I’m well ahead of you there. I’m just amazed at how forgettable the ad is.
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The most common use for AI in the future will be sifting through all the AI sludge to find content actually made by a human.
I can see adverts being created specifically for viewers of one show in the near future.
It’s because he’s the last competent leader National has had.
Key was actually very left leaning in a lot of aspects, like benefits for example. It’s part of the reason he held Labour off for three terms.
I respect the sentiment, but the project was on track to be more than a billion dollars more than the initial estimates, which would have been a cost overrun of more than 100%
That’s a colossal blow out.
They were oddly quiet when the project got canned, and there were even a few admissions that the cost of the project had blown out to an unacceptable level.
I think Labour know their handling of the project will be brought up again if they protest.
If it is, Nicola’s name will be forever tied to it. And every time it breaks down, that comment will be brought up.
That’s been done in a way with a catamaran service, the Fast Cat ferries were brought in to compete with them. I think they sailed from Porirua.
Part of the problem is you would have to base yourself in Port Underwood, which is kinda the middle of nowhere, which would erase some of the time savings.
We’ve had far smaller vessels in the past that have been rail enabled though, even smaller than what we currently have.
An argument against moving is we wouldn’t just have to build the port, we would need road, rail, and all the utilities as well, whereas in Picton they’re already there.
Same here actually. I doubt she will go quietly.