This week's poll on The Dominion Post is should Porirua play a role in the 2011 Rugby World Cup?
By my understanding the final event will be held in Mt Eden in Auckland. There has been much debate over if this will cost Aucklanders too much with the amount of extensions required to pull off the event successfully. At the moment there will be some extensions made to the Mt Eden stadium. hopefully this will be completed by 2011.
So while having Porirua play a role in 2011 Rugby World Cup sounds like a good idea to help include smaller towns of New Zealand. Who is going to pay for this? Can the people afford to pay for this by 2011?
Why spend money out in a different town when there is a wonderful stadium in Wellington that is already ready for possible events like the rubgy cup. At the moment Wellington's stadium is better than Auckland's and is in my opinion one of the best in the country.
With the cost of petrol uncertain, will it be worth while having practise fields far away from central Wellington, where the game will be played.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Is it really worth it?
Auckland City recently have got trolley sized recycling bins to replace the smaller carry bin. These bins are paid for in their rates and allow them to recycle more items.
My experiences recently in Wellington have been the opposite!
Recycling, requires taking cans and bottles to a small green bin every day and then putting it on the curb to be collected. This does not bother me and I feel like I am doing my part for the environment!
The part that bothers me is why are people stealing my recycling bin? I had one and this disappeared in the wind, so I accepted this and went and got another one, being a good citizen and paid my ten dollars, as Wellington's bins are not included in their rates....The bin turned up two weeks later looking very unharmed.
Also on my visit to collect my bin I am told that I need to be sorting my recycling and securing them into plastic bags (apparently due to wind). Into one bag of plastic, glass bottles, food tins and cans then another bag of paper and cardboard. Then I need to put these plastic bag into the recycling. So here I am trying to save the environment with my environment bags and I am told I need more plastic bags!
My next bin got stolen somebody collected it and off they went. So feeling annoyed, I still went and got another one, at ten dollars again. I plastered my address everywhere and off it went out on the curb and so far has come back after rubbish day.
Auckland City recently have got trolley sized recycling bins to replace the smaller carry bin. These bins are paid for in their rates and allow them to recycle more items.
My experiences recently in Wellington have been the opposite!
Recycling, requires taking cans and bottles to a small green bin every day and then putting it on the curb to be collected. This does not bother me and I feel like I am doing my part for the environment!
The part that bothers me is why are people stealing my recycling bin? I had one and this disappeared in the wind, so I accepted this and went and got another one, being a good citizen and paid my ten dollars, as Wellington's bins are not included in their rates....The bin turned up two weeks later looking very unharmed.
Also on my visit to collect my bin I am told that I need to be sorting my recycling and securing them into plastic bags (apparently due to wind). Into one bag of plastic, glass bottles, food tins and cans then another bag of paper and cardboard. Then I need to put these plastic bag into the recycling. So here I am trying to save the environment with my environment bags and I am told I need more plastic bags!
My next bin got stolen somebody collected it and off they went. So feeling annoyed, I still went and got another one, at ten dollars again. I plastered my address everywhere and off it went out on the curb and so far has come back after rubbish day.
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