On a cold Christchurch evening this week, the city centre felt nothing like the former rebuild zone and more like a city that has finally rediscovered its conf…
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Sure it's busy with tourists and rich Aucklanders, not exactly a blueprint for everyone else.
yeah and whose fault is that? Welly takes all the talent.
what a load of shit
Been here since the quakes, finally feels like there's life again. But let's not pretend the govt did much - it was locals and businesses dragging this city back up.
Facts! The locals did the heavy lifting while council dithered.
Love seeing the city come alive! Riverside Market is amazing. 🇳🇿
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Fran O'Sullivan writing another puff piece for her mates in business. Must be nice to have a columnist cheerlead your property portfolio.
get stuffed
Yeah nah the rest of NZ doesn't need a blueprint. We're not all trying to be Chch.
Paywalled article, but the comments are free? Typical NZ Herald 😂
Great read. Chch is proof that when councils get out of the way and let people build, things happen.
Went there last weekend - packed but still heaps of empty shops. All flash no substance tbh.
yup, went last month and half the market was overpriced Asian fusion crap
Blueprint for NZ? Nah mate. More like blueprint for more inequality and centralisation.
exactly, blueprint for who? Developers and landlords maybe.
