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.
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 – 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?
The following posts are filed under: urban streams.
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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