Chamber “Delighted” With Bypass Green Light

“We’re delighted that this sensible and overdue roading solution for Wellington will now proceed” said Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Philip Lewin this evening.

Mr Lewin was commenting in response to an announcement by the Transfund New Zealand Board that Wellington’s inner city bypass project has been approved for funding.

“The Bypass will make a real difference for the better in easing inner-city traffic congestion, and unblocking access to and from the hospital and airport. Today’s final decision has been a long time coming. It is a step that Wellington business in the wider community will warmly welcome” said Mr Lewin.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>