Thank C@#%t you have let on your secret to Aaron & he can now get on with what should have been more important to him :)
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Govt appears intent on blundering into another completely avoidable disaster (like the Cycle bridge) with its stubborn insistence on imposing an Erebos Memorial on a site where it is not wanted and creating a lot of anger & resentment.
Despite the Ombudsman having started an investigation into the suspiciously flawed planning process, and a Rahui being placed over the site, contractors have been told not to wait before starting massive earthworks which will probably have to be reversed.
Over $1M of the $3M budget has already been spent without a spade being put in the ground.
Increasingly, Labour seem to have these blind spots & displaying a clumsy defensive stubbornness, unable to admit mistakes & improve agile decision making.
Apart from the small lawn area families use for picnics or just to enjoy the view, in Sir Dove Myer Park being destroyed, the memorial will have to face the wrong way (i.e. North instead of South), the site has historical significance to Ngati Whatua & hardly anyone wants it there including Erebos family members.
On the other hand, a site at Western Springs near the aircraft museum is not only suitable & appropriate, but they want it there.
So how do certain personalities in the Ministry of Culture & Heritage respond?
With complete disregard for the communities wishes, a stubborn refusal to admit the whole thing is a mistake & having to waste precious police resources to impose it anyway.
And why? Because Adern made a promise the Erebus Memorial would be built before the 40th anniversary (2019) of the Erebus disaster (which has long since passed ).
Why would anyone with half a brain even think pushing a memorial into a place where it is going to cause only anger and resentment, when there is a great alternative would be a good idea!
A memorial needs to be a quiet place of contemplation & reflection, this will be anything but if they insist on its current site & will never work.
I cannot recall that. Where? I was the poster on another thread who asked you whether you may be indulging in some "schadenfreude."
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Came across this …interesting
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Jacinda Arden declared 2019 to be the year of delivery so since then I have been tracking their delivery every anniversary of their election. Feel free to share.