Tuesday 25 May 2004

Re-opening of New Brighton Mall road gets the green light

The Environment Court has ruled in favour of Christchurch City Council’s decision to re-open part of the road through New Brighton Mall.

The ruling was in response to an appeal against the Council’s decision from a local business operator and small group of other interested people.

“We will now be able to carry on with the overall plan for revitalising New Brighton,” the Council’s City Solutions manager, Kevin Mara said. This master plan was produced after widespread consultation with the local business community and residents.

Mr Mara expects the road re-opening will take place in 2005. More foot traffic, less graffiti and a reduction in crime are predicted to be some of the benefits of the road re-opening for the New Brighton business community.

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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>>