Pedestrian mall for New Lynn

New Lynn’s Todd Triangle will become a pedestrian mall after the New Lynn Community Board approved the concept plan at its latest meeting.

Modifications to the plan include provisions for 10 car parking spaces, after concerns were expressed by local businesses about patronage. Amendments also include extra parking along Totara Avenue and adjacent the Triangle.

Further discussion on issues of parking, lighting, facilities and landscaping between Council staff and the local community will see the area become a focal point for the edge of the New Lynn town centre.

The historic brick clock will be retained and accompanied by deciduous trees, sheltered seating and performance areas.

Further details are provided in the latest New Lynn newsletter, delivered locally to businesses and residents.

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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>>