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Cassandra

There’s an interesting battle developing in Sydney which might remind us of Norman Jones, MP for Invercargill, who famously told the people who built houses next to the Army rifle range there and then complained about the noise to “Bugger off” and a certain former MP who lives near an Auckland venue.

Right next to the most famous building in the world is a large and expensive apartment block called The Toaster, the residents of which complain of the noise from the Opera House. The State and Federal leaders have told them to bugger off or WTTE.
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July 5, 2026 8:08am
- CJames
  
  The Western Springs was closed down because of the neighbours’ complaints, even though the speedway was there before any of them. It might not have been noise that upset them – it may have been the type of people that go there.
  
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  July 5, 2026 8:48am
- peterwn
  
  Similar one being simmering in Melbourne for a while. Tullamarine Airport built in the 1960’s to replace the Essendon Airport (AFAIK the only international flights that could use it were to NZ). Essendon remained open for ‘general aviation’ which you do not really want at a major international airport. Some locals lobbied to have it closed because of noise, etc. Of course they would make a handsome gain on the value of their properties.
  Interestingly Essendon had a light rail service (AKA trams). They are only just getting around to providing rail at Tullamarine, nearly 60 years after its opening.
  
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  July 5, 2026 9:06am
  - pdm
    
    I have only been to Melbourne once – 2006.
    
    Had to get a bus in to the Central City.
    
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    July 5, 2026 9:19am
Tauhei Notts

My wife and I went to our club to watch last night’s rugby. We were a little bit cheeky as there was a 50th birthday there for a trucking company’s owner.
I thought, when we got home, that with the saturation news coverage of the All Blacks, that it was surprising the lack of interest shown by those at the birthday party.
If rugby has lost that demographic the administrators ought to be very worried.
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July 5, 2026 8:13am
artemisia

Is Tory Whanau hoping keeping fingers in the political pie will support a pathway into the Green List? Her petition gathered more than 30,000 signatures so that could be working.

Petition of Tory Whanau: Ensure David
Seymour’s actions comply with the Cabinet
Manual

The thrust of the petition is that the Cabinet Manual has not been complied with by Mr Seymour due to “online harassment of university scholars and ridicule of local council staff”.

The final Select Committee report is now published. It found: We invited a submission from the petitioner in order to progress the petition. However, in April 2026, the petitioner informed us that she does not wish to provide a written submission. We have no further matters to bring to the attention of the House. We recommend that the House take note of our report.
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