Eric Crampton • Nov 29, 2014 •
Today's must-read: Richard Diver's entrepreneurial approach to the Christchurch rebuild.After the Christchurch quakes, City Council locked down the downtown in endless planning. Then central government didn't like Council's plan and put in the CCDU ins... Read More
Eric Crampton • Feb 22, 2013 •
You can hide a lot in an aggregate. David Farrar rightly notes that the recent CERA / Nielsen survey weighted survey responses by district populations across Christchurch City, Greater Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakiriri. So some reports suggesting t... Read More
Bill Kaye-Blake • Jan 27, 2013 •
Blogging is often just mouthing off in public. Informed, well constructed mouthing off, to be sure. Which means that the accuracy is about that of all forms of mouthing off — hit or miss. So it is with pleasure that I report that the Government finally agrees with me. Two years ago, I explained that [...] … Read More
Eric Crampton • Nov 09, 2012 •
Engineering checks on the block of shoppes nearest our house has resulted in their being yellow-stickered. So long to the Bridge Street Bakehouse, the local fish and chip shop, and the local dairy. Most surprising, at least to me, was that the shoppe ... Read More
Bill Kaye-Blake • Oct 21, 2012 •
The new report from the Auditor-General on the Christchurch recovery makes for interesting reading. When I got to Figure 1 (pdf), I despaired. It shows all the agencies involved and how they interact, but the people of Christchurch — the reason for the whole thing — are conspicuously absent. It’s like a business plan without customers. [...] … Read More