Mr Walker – Fail!

UPDATING
“The application for judicial review of the Council’s decision is dismissed.”
further
“There is no reason why costs should not follow the event. The ORC is therefore entitled to costs on a category 2B basis together with disbursements as fixed by the Registrar.”
High Court judgement: Walker v ORC
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### ODT Online Thu, 11 Jun 2009
Bid to derail [...]

D Scene gives up or takes a break…

Slim pickings on the stadium in this week’s edition. As if there isn’t any scandal. Has Fairfax gone down to the 9-day fortnight already. Wake up D Scene.
D scene probably read this story in the ODT. Note D Scene’s lack of investigative research and primary interviews…
### D Scene 3-6-09 (page 9)
Stadium appeals
The controversial $198 million [...]

ORC – illegal intent?

### ODT Online Wed, 27 May 2009
ORC denies breach claim
By Chris Morris
Claims the Otago Regional Council has breached a High Court undertaking over funding of the Forsyth Barr Stadium have been dismissed as “ridiculous”. Queenstown stadium opponent Basil Walker made the claim in a letter to High Court Justice Christine French and ORC staff yesterday, [...]

No stadium discussion scheduled, ORC's plan

Correction (13.03.09): The headline below is incorrect. The Otago Regional Council’s draft LTCCP includes funding for the planned Otago stadium. The Council’s decision to fund the project is not scheduled for discussion during upcoming community consultation on the plan.
### ODT Online Thu, 12 Mar 2009
Decision to fund stadium not in ORC plan
By Rebecca Fox
Otago Regional [...]

StS judicial review…

No surprises

### ODT Online Wed, 11 Mar 2009
Stop the Stadium may seek judicial review
By David Loughrey
Stop the Stadium has sought legal advice on the possibility of a judicial review of the Otago Regional Council’s decision to help fund the stadium.
President Bev Butler confirmed yesterday to the Otago Daily Times the organisation had instructed specialist public [...]

Calvin Oaten's conviction

### ODT Online comment by Calvin Oaten on Mon, 09/03/2009 – 10:43pm.
Otago Stadium a done deal
Regardless of what we have read, been shown or told…we can come to no other conclusion but that the stadium was decided right from the beginning. The problem was simply how to sell it. It all began when the New [...]

ORC backs Stadium Funding.

In Breaking News (well if you are reading this post on 11 June 2008), the Otago Regional Council (one of the major funding sources for the project) has decided to back the funding proposal.