I agree 100%.

It’s a cool name, but I agree its too long for a street. Would make a good name for a park or a reserve or something in the area. To me an ideal street name is around 2 or 3 syllables. “Acacia” is a pretty crap name too though, better to pick something with a connection to the land and the people.

They mention they’re arranging a hui so hopefully a decent compromise can come from that.

If you’re getting that worked up about mild non-offensive inane comments I hate to imagine how worked up you get using a self-checkout machine. Chill out.

So glad to see our city planners being praised by Chuck’s outlet. I’ve followed Strong Towns for a few years now and they really are beating the drum for how we should build urban settlements in the future.

Why? They don’t even vote for Labour, so why pander to them?

Yes.

Move to New Zealand - we have rock-solid gigabit fibre to just about every house.

Well you’ve convinced me, I think I’ll switch.

Such a great policy for so many reasons. Equitable access to dental care for everyone leads to significantly improved health outcomes overall.

I’m in the keep cats indoors camp. Cats live longer, healthier, happier lives if they’re kept indoors. We expect other animals to be kept confined to their owner’s property (dogs, cows, sheep, lizards, birds, etc) so I don’t see why that expectation should not extend to cats.

Given the enormous damage they do to our native ecosystem I think it makes sense. Feral cats are a pest and currently eradication efforts are hampered because we have to take measures we aren’t indiscriminately killing pet cats along with the feral ones. If all pet cats could be expected to remain under owner’s control, then the options for eradicating the pests go up a lot.

First step though is to require cats to be micro-chipped and registered, just like dogs are.