Resource Management reform: the RMA’s daddy says…

by Isabella Cawthorn

Spatial Plan: c’mon Wellington, let’s keep evolving

by Talk Welly

Wellington’s proposed Spatial Plan could be better, and much of the proof of the pudding is to come. But your voice is needed now (by 5pm Monday 5th), because Wellington will be frozen in amber if the Spatial Plan doesn’t move forward – and that amber is a city that locks out lots of Wellingtonians.

Housing, growth and spatial planning: a curious person’s reading (and looking) list

by Kōrero Wellington

There’s a lot of opinions flying around right now, and the debates are only ramping up in Wellington. Spatial Plan submissions are only the first step –  and some curated reading will stand you in good stead

Codesign with community: spotting codesign-washing

by Isabella Cawthorn & Boopsie Maran

Codesign – from housing to streetscapes, everywhere we’re hearing officials say “codesigning with community”. But like any well-intentioned thing it’s become bastardised and buzzwordy, so how do we spot tokenism at 50 paces?

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Weekend Reading 25.11.17

TalkWelly | November 25, 2017

This weekend’s tasty tidbits: nature play (sigh, that this has to be A Thing) and revitalising depressed cities “I just like being out here. You know an animal will enjoy what we’re doing, you’re helping clean up what’s happened.” A Christchurch ex-teacher turned landscaper has set up Woodland Escape to create awesome natural “free play” environments….

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‘Then I understood’: connecting again with the Porirua Stream

John Dennison | October 21, 2017

Poet, chaplain, father and Tawa local John Dennison goes exploring down the backyard… and discovers a taonga   In reflecting on his return to live in the place where he grew up, American small-holding farmer and essayist Wendell Berry writes:   ‘It is impossible to escape the sense that I am involved in history. What…

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