In an otherwise thoughtful article about the challenges we face around heritage buildings in Poneke Joel Macmanus glibly declines to 'point the bone' at the possibilities of 'land banking' by property owners; 'waiting the Council and Community out' or for WCC to pick up the tab or act as loan provider! ( e.g Reading Cinema site ) to some rich git overseas investment company and the almost inevitability of arson to long term abandoned buildings. Hardly the unequivocal "win win win" he posits. Since when is arson a joke, done by kids or for insurance fraud purposes?
Luxon made himself look bad in interviews because he would not/could not answer questions. ACT had very little examination of its cruel, extreme, ill-thought-out election agenda - it was let off by mainstream media. The same media that was pushing a National-ACT government.
In an otherwise thoughtful article about the challenges we face around heritage buildings in Poneke Joel Macmanus glibly declines to 'point the bone' at the possibilities of 'land banking' by property owners; 'waiting the Council and Community out' or for WCC to pick up the tab or act as loan provider! ( e.g Reading Cinema site ) to some rich git overseas investment company and the almost inevitability of arson to long term abandoned buildings. Hardly the unequivocal "win win win" he posits. Since when is arson a joke, done by kids or for insurance fraud purposes?
But msm were pushing a National-ACT government.
Luxon made himself look bad in interviews because he would not/could not answer questions. ACT had very little examination of its cruel, extreme, ill-thought-out election agenda - it was let off by mainstream media. The same media that was pushing a National-ACT government.