Posts Tagged as ‘Bad project’

June 27, 2009

DCC on stadium

UPDATED
“A comprehensive response to all those who submitted on the Stadium, whether for or against, during the 2009/10 Community Plan process”
Response to LTCCP Stadium submitters 2009/10 (PDF, 88.3 kb)
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### ODT Online Sat, 27 Jun 2009
Council posts letter to submitters on stadium
By David Loughrey
The much debated letter to residents who presented submissions to the Dunedin City [...]

June 23, 2009

Stadium: $261,000,000 and counting

Private sector funding now stands at close to $26 million.
### ODT Online Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Stadium to cost ratepayers $261m
By David Loughrey
Construction of the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin will cost ratepayers at least $261 million, updated figures confirm. The figure is the combined cost to be paid by the Dunedin City and Otago Regional [...]

June 20, 2009

Stadium Lotto: $109 million to venues company

UPDATING
### ODT Online Sat, 20 Jun 2009
Stadium: council borrows $109m
By David Loughrey
The Dunedin City Council has begun borrowing $109 million to fund the Forsyth Barr Stadium, with $90 million of that figure locked in at an interest rate of 6.4%.
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### ODT Online Sat, 20/06/2009 – 11:24am.
Comment by Calvin Oaten on Stadium borrowing
Interesting that Athol [...]

June 18, 2009

Rodney Hide: "Never too late" for a referendum

Butler: Stadium issues caused Mr Hide to “raise his eyebrows a few times”…
### ODT Online Thu, 18 Jun 2009
No Hide inquiry into stadium
By Elspeth McLean
Local Government minister Rodney Hide says he will be “keeping an eye” on issues around Forsyth Barr Stadium, but he will not be calling for a government inquiry.
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June 9, 2009

What's next?

UPDATED
On the stadium, tomorrow’s ODT features a Columba College students’ sock initiative: “Get over it”.
Original ideas are hard to come by, at least the socks aren’t red…
The High Court decision – Basil Walker v Otago Regional Council – is due for release this week.
DCC/STS build up for Rodney Hide’s visit to Dunedin on June 17 [...]

June 8, 2009

Stadium lotto: get unlucky

Comments on Stadium Semantics by Calvin Oaten at ODT Online (Sun, 7 Jun 2009). Mr Oaten posted this item at What if? the same day.
### ODT Online Mon, 08/06/2009 – 3:55pm.
Comment by PaulontheBay on Stadium Semantics
But of course the nay-sayers have forgotten the biggest “What If”:
What if it is an outrageous success. Wouldn’t that be [...]

May 14, 2009

DCC's funding line continues…

### ODT Online Thu, 14 May 2009
Council will carry on with stadium
By David Loughrey
The Dunedin City Council plans to carry on with its funding of the stadium, despite the two court cases being taken against the project.
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Stop the Stadium’s notice of appeal has been received by the Court of Appeal in Wellington. The case [...]

May 13, 2009

Mayor Chin: 'Aspects of letter may seem patronising'

More of the circus in your town…
### ODT Online Wed, 13 May 2009
Dunedin | Annual Plan 2009-10 | Stadium
Letter explains city council’s actions
By David Loughrey
A nine-page letter explaining the Dunedin City Council’s actions on the stadium got a thorough page-by-page, line-by-line grilling from councillors yesterday, before its expected release after June 2.
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The article reveals [...]

May 12, 2009

Cr Walls: Some "extra-ordinary" calculations of costs in stadium blogs

UPDATED
### ODT Online Tue, 12 May 2009
DCC promises answers on stadium submissions
By David Loughrey
A reply to residents who presented submissions to the council opposing the Awatea St stadium has become “half the size of The Forsyte Saga”, as the council tries to clear up what Mayor Peter Chin says are factual errors and wrong assumptions.
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May 8, 2009

DCC LTCCP: Submitters distrustful…

### ODT Online Fri, 8 May 2009
DCC reminded of social duty
By David Loughrey
After 36 hours at the table listening to 184 submitters, the Dunedin City Council will now turn its attention to who gets what, and how much ratepayers will pay when its annual plan process is complete.
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### ODT Online Fri, 8 May 2009
Claim [...]

May 6, 2009

Woodlouse bloat + Farry foam

### D Scene 6-5-09 (page 3)
Michael’s boast
By Ryan Keen
If the new stadium gets built and is the rampant success for the city that all its supporters hope it will be, we’ll all know who to thank – Michael Woodhouse, National MP. Let’s just be clear – that’s according to him. In one of the most [...]

May 5, 2009

DCC LTCCP: Stadium opposition, environmental concerns and harbourside

### ODT Online Tue, 5 May 2009
Debate continues on disputed stadium project
By David Loughrey
The contract might be signed, but debate over the $198 million Otago stadium showed no sign of going away during yesterday’s Dunedin City Council annual plan hearings.
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### ODT Online Tue, 5 May 2009
Environmental issues dominate hearings
By David Loughrey and Chris Morris
Dunedin [...]

May 2, 2009

Stadium submissions on DCC LTCCP

### ODT Online Sat, 2 May 2009
Council facing flood of stadium submissions
By David Loughrey
The Awatea St stadium may be the subject of 500 of the more than 800 annual plan submissions to the Dunedin City Council next week, but with the contract to build the project already signed, their relevance appears to have waned.
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May 1, 2009

Stadium fight to High Court

UPDATED
### Channel 9 News May 1, 2009
Saturday’s ODT covers the stadium fight’s move to the Dunedin High Court this Wednesday, May 6. Basil Walker’s application to be heard.
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### ODT Online Sat, 2 May 2009
Stadium hearing Wednesday
By David Loughrey
The latest legal challenge to the Otago stadium will go before the High Court at Dunedin on Wednesday, [...]

May 1, 2009

StS: bloody bonkers

Just two people have access to the StS website for uploading posts: the Webmaster and the Assistant Webmaster – both roles ruled by Bev Butler. Do StS members ever get consulted on anything. No. StS has no idea about democracy, it’s a regime all of its own.
### ODT Online Fri, 1 May 2009
Stadium target of [...]

April 29, 2009

StS Gallery: BAD art STOPS fundraising

www.stopthestadium.org.nz
Image: Democracy is for the weak!
UPDATED. ODT takes up the story in Friday’s newspaper.

April 28, 2009

Latest on contract + Second injunction

How are you measuring support Mr Chin…
### ODT Online Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Council signs stadium contract
By David Loughrey
Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin, deputy mayor Syd Brown and Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry yesterday signed a contract with Hawkins Construction to begin building Dunedin’s stadium.
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### ODT Online Tue, 28 Apr 2009
City people urged to ‘Love [...]

April 27, 2009

Contract signed

### Radio New Zealand News Updated at 4:08pm on 27 April 2009
Dunedin mayor signs contract to build stadium
Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin has signed a contract for the construction of the city’s stadium. The $165 million contract with Hawkins Construction means work can start at the Awatea Street site in May.
RNZ Link
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### Channel 9 News April [...]

April 25, 2009

TVNZ News: Feelings still run high

### TVNZ News Published: 10:48AM Friday April 24, 2009
Dunedin stadium clears last big hurdle
Source: NZPA
Justice Lester Chisholm dismissed the application for a judicial review brought by the Stop the Stadium group, with just seven words.
Read more +video

April 25, 2009

Channel 9: Winners and losers

### Channel 9 Online April 24, 2009 – 8:08pm
Controversial Stadium Looks Set To Go Ahead
Dunedin’s controversial stadium looks set to go ahead after a judge dismissed an application for a judicial review made by Stop the Stadium. Justice Lester Chisholm made his ruling at about 10 this morning, leaving some people bitterly disappointed and others [...]

April 25, 2009

Farry's PR number…

### scoop.co.nz Friday, 24 April 2009, 3:41 pm
We Are On Our Way: Stadium Can Now Be Built
Press Release: Forsyth Barr Stadium
Forsyth Barr Stadium At University Plaza
For Immediate Release 24 April 2009
Today’s High Court decision, denied an application for an injunction and clears the way for construction to begin on the Forsyth Barr Stadium at the [...]

April 21, 2009

Mayor Chin: "I think the decision is the right decision."

That’s a YES and a big red fatuous tick from your local newspaper…
### ODT Online Tue, 21 Apr 2009
DCC votes ‘Yes’ on stadium
By Chris Morris and David Loughrey
A judge will decide the immediate fate of the $198 million Otago stadium within days, after Dunedin councillors yesterday voted to sign a construction contract despite the threat [...]

April 20, 2009

UPDATED Contract approval, pending…

…outcome of interim injunction.
According to ONE News.
STS application for injunction to go to High Court at Christchurch this Thursday.
Farry saying bulldozers poised…well, he would.
Full coverage of today’s meetings in ODT tomorrow.
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### Radio New Zealand News Updated at 5:48pm on 20 April 2009
Council approves stadium contract pending hearing
The Dunedin City Council has approved a construction contract [...]

April 20, 2009

$15M government 'grant' (offer)

The brass hurrah…
### ODT Online Mon, 20 Apr 2009
Govt confirms $15m stadium grant
By David Loughrey and Chris Morris
The planned Otago Stadium has received a boost at today’s extraordinary Dunedin City Council meeting, with confirmation the Government’s $15 million contribution will come as a grant.
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April 20, 2009

Injunction: Dunedin City Council response

### ODT Online Mon, 20 Apr 2009
Council responds to STS injunction
By David Loughrey
The Dunedin City Council has surfaced from its closed door meeting to announce its response to Stop the Stadium’s court injunction, designed to stop the council from agreeing to sign a contract to build the project.
View resolutions and read more ODT Link