7 July 2004

V8 International street race submission results

Some 393 submissions have been received on the resource consent application to stage the V8 International street race in Auckland from 2006.

63 per cent (248) are in favour of the V8 international street race.

Following the close of submissions at 5pm on Wednesday 30 June 2004, City Planning has had the responsibility of collating, numbering and summarising all submissions received by the Auckland City Council and copying them to the applicant.

As at today, 85 submissions not received by 30 June have been recorded as late submissions. Of these, 60 support the consent application, 22 are opposed and two do not state their position.

The submissions will be forwarded to independent processing planners who will be providing a report to three independent commissioners.

ENDS

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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>>