tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1285753439609566584..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: History is repeating in WellingtonPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-21302024895632749702013-07-23T04:33:16.259+12:002013-07-23T04:33:16.259+12:00Peter ... the Christchurch Council offices were kn...Peter ... the Christchurch Council offices were knocked out for 2 weeks following the Sept 2010 event ... and near 12 months following the Feb 2011 event.<br /><br />At least $10 million was poured in to the building following the Feb 2011 event, although to the best of my knowledge there has been no public disclosure of the amount and details of the work carried out.<br /><br />In civic administration terms, it was a complete shambles ... but whats new about that.<br /><br />The penny still hasn't dropped about the unnecessary risks of centralisation. But for bureaucrats on power trips, that's of no interest whatsoever of course.<br /><br />We sure are a bureaucratically buggered country.<br /><br />Hugh PavletichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-681492109453162162013-07-22T14:41:43.899+12:002013-07-22T14:41:43.899+12:00*Abysmal* stuff - well done for exposing this!
I...*Abysmal* stuff - well done for exposing this!<br /><br /> I wonder how much Mr Athfield knows about seismic engineering? <br />Nowhere near enough, so it would seem. <br /><br />The one thing that councils around the country seem to have in common is their sheer incompetence and wastefulness. thor42noreply@blogger.com